Resource

“Thy words were found, and I did eat them.”
The condemnation of the people is so strong in Jeremiah 15 that the Lord declares the state of things now in Jerusalem and Judah was such that nothing could alter His fixed determination to judge the land. "Though Moses and Samuel stood before Me, yet My mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of My sight, and let them go forth.”
What then was the righteous man to do? What could the righteous man seek? We find the answer given by Jeremiah himself: "Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and Thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by Thy name, O Lord God of hosts."Jer. 15:16. This was his resource, and that of all the faithful in a day of apostasy.
The words of the Lord always become more precious to the true heart in a day of ruin when judgment is about to fall. So the Apostle Paul when warning the elders of Ephesus pointed out this resource. "I commend you to God, and to the word of His grace." Acts 20:32. Seducers, wolves, and perverse men, all these he anticipates will be spoilers among the flock, but his counsel commends them to God and the word of His grace. So in Timothy, where Paul speaks of the last days and of perilous times coming, he says, "All Scripture is given by inspiration of God," conveying particularly this value for the Old Testament scriptures. "All Scripture" includes the New Testament as well as the Old.