Canonical Reading Plan for Aug 26, Jer 49-50

Today's readings are Jer 49-50.

In Jer 49-50, as Jeremiah has been prophesying all along, judgment and wrath rain down on the nations that have oppressed Judah and Israel.

These maps will show where most of those nations are located. 

There's a lesson to be learned in the geography of this period. In Jeremiah's time, Israel had already been taken into exile and Judah was being invaded as well. The nations surrounding Judah were larger and far more powerful than Judah. Any direction either of the two kingdoms turned, other than back toward God, the situation only worsened. 

Judah is in grave peril. By any worldly measurement, they are in a situation that is impossible to end in victory or freedom. Yet, God had repeatedly told them He would redeem and free them if they repented. He also promised them freedom.

Then, just when the situation seems at its most hopeless point, God steps in and does precisely as He said He would. Think of all the heartache and destruction Judah would have avoided if they had simply done what God told them to do in the beginning and trusted Him!

But, think about this as well. In God and for those who belong to Him, there is no situation so hopeless that it is beyond His power to deliver.