On and on it goes -- 23 years worth of prophesying to Judah without their repentance -- and Jeremiah announces the cup of destruction to all the nations, to take place after the 70 years of exile that Judah will experience.
I guess this is all history that has happened already.
Is it fair to look at today's worldwide crises, and also see the Lord's judgement in them? To notice that today's people and cultures commit the same sins of idolotry and the slaughter of children, and to expect an outcome that is similarly an irrevocable judgement of God? Why pray against the outcome -- rather, we should pray and work against the sin that is the cause of this outcome. I don't claim that this prophecy is in any way specifically directed to 21st century US and world, but it does tell us and remind us of what God cares about. He wants our hearts to belong to him, He wants our worship to be directed toward him and him only, He wants us to live righteous and just lives, and he wants us to care for our children.
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