Daily Devotions
Jeremiah
"None shall return except those who escape"
Text: Jeremiah 44:14
A WORD OF HOPE
A severe word of warning was given to all who desired to flee to Egypt. They would meet with death there. However, a word of hope was given to those who would flee from the wicked people who were coercing the remnant of Judah to go to Egypt with them.
“For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence,
so that none of the remnant of Judah
who have gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there shall escape or survive,
lest they return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return and dwell.
For none shall return except those who escape.”
Jeremiah 44:13-14
1. “For I will punish those who dwell in the land of Egypt,
as I have punished Jerusalem, by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence”
a) Those who dwell in Egypt will be punished.
b) As those who lived in Jerusalem were punished,
i) By the sword
ii) By famine
iii) By pestilence
c) Reasons for Punishment:
i) Idolatry
ii) Disobedience
iii) Wickedness
iv) Rejection of God and His word.
2. “So that none of the remnant of Judah who have gone into the land of Egypt to dwell there
shall escape or survive, lest they return to the land of Judah,
to which they desire to return and dwell. For none shall return except those who escape”
a) The remnant of Judah who have fled to Egypt:
i) In the hope of escape.
ii) In the hope of survival.
iii) This is a vain hope.
b) The true hope:
i) If they stay in Judah.
ii) If they escape from the captains who led the people into Egypt.
iii) Only those who flee from the wicked could hope to survive.