Ezekiel 6

Ezekiel 6:1

The Answer of the LORD

Then comes the LORD’s answer to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:26). It is an answer in which we must learn to rest. He is “the LORD, the God of all flesh” (Jeremiah 32:27), that is, not only of His people Israel, but of all mortal and limited people. He is far above them. All His purposes He will carry out, no matter how the situation in which His people, then or now, find themselves, may seem to belittle it. To Him nothing is too difficult, a word the LORD also said to Abraham a thousand years earlier in connection with the birth of a son, while he and Sarah were at that time humanly too old to have children (Genesis 18:14).

The city will be taken by the Babylonians (Jeremiah 32:28). That is the current situation. The LORD is doing this on the basis of His Word, because His people have been unfaithful to Him. The enemies will ruin the city (Jeremiah 32:29). They will burn the city and also the houses, because many houses have become idolatrous altars, where people offer sacrifices to Baal and other gods. Consequently, the LORD has become angry toward the city.

Their behavior has not suddenly changed. They have done what is evil in His sight from their youth, from their earliest days as a nation (Jeremiah 32:30). There has hardly been a time when the city has responded to His purpose (Jeremiah 32:31). It is remarkable how long the LORD has endured the city. But the time of forbearance has an end. He must now remove the city from before His face. The attitude of the entire population of the city is the cause of it (Jeremiah 32:32).

The LORD taught them about His will every time, early and late, all day long, but they turned their back and not their faces to Him (Jeremiah 32:33). We too can experience this ingratitude from those to whom we have done good and for whom we have sought good.

Instead of repenting, they have taken their wickedness to the extreme by setting up abominable idols in His house (Jeremiah 32:34). By doing so they have defiled the house of His Name. Even outside of it, the abominations are endless (Jeremiah 32:35). They sacrifice their children to Molech, the god of the Ammonites. God did not command this, it is nowhere in the law, not even a thought of it entered His heart. Such disgusting acts are entirely strange to Him and He does not encourage people to do them (James 1:13). Idolatry in any form and sins in any expression do not come from Him. He is not the Author of sin.

Ezekiel 6:2

The Answer of the LORD

Then comes the LORD’s answer to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:26). It is an answer in which we must learn to rest. He is “the LORD, the God of all flesh” (Jeremiah 32:27), that is, not only of His people Israel, but of all mortal and limited people. He is far above them. All His purposes He will carry out, no matter how the situation in which His people, then or now, find themselves, may seem to belittle it. To Him nothing is too difficult, a word the LORD also said to Abraham a thousand years earlier in connection with the birth of a son, while he and Sarah were at that time humanly too old to have children (Genesis 18:14).

The city will be taken by the Babylonians (Jeremiah 32:28). That is the current situation. The LORD is doing this on the basis of His Word, because His people have been unfaithful to Him. The enemies will ruin the city (Jeremiah 32:29). They will burn the city and also the houses, because many houses have become idolatrous altars, where people offer sacrifices to Baal and other gods. Consequently, the LORD has become angry toward the city.

Their behavior has not suddenly changed. They have done what is evil in His sight from their youth, from their earliest days as a nation (Jeremiah 32:30). There has hardly been a time when the city has responded to His purpose (Jeremiah 32:31). It is remarkable how long the LORD has endured the city. But the time of forbearance has an end. He must now remove the city from before His face. The attitude of the entire population of the city is the cause of it (Jeremiah 32:32).

The LORD taught them about His will every time, early and late, all day long, but they turned their back and not their faces to Him (Jeremiah 32:33). We too can experience this ingratitude from those to whom we have done good and for whom we have sought good.

Instead of repenting, they have taken their wickedness to the extreme by setting up abominable idols in His house (Jeremiah 32:34). By doing so they have defiled the house of His Name. Even outside of it, the abominations are endless (Jeremiah 32:35). They sacrifice their children to Molech, the god of the Ammonites. God did not command this, it is nowhere in the law, not even a thought of it entered His heart. Such disgusting acts are entirely strange to Him and He does not encourage people to do them (James 1:13). Idolatry in any form and sins in any expression do not come from Him. He is not the Author of sin.

Ezekiel 6:3

The Answer of the LORD

Then comes the LORD’s answer to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:26). It is an answer in which we must learn to rest. He is “the LORD, the God of all flesh” (Jeremiah 32:27), that is, not only of His people Israel, but of all mortal and limited people. He is far above them. All His purposes He will carry out, no matter how the situation in which His people, then or now, find themselves, may seem to belittle it. To Him nothing is too difficult, a word the LORD also said to Abraham a thousand years earlier in connection with the birth of a son, while he and Sarah were at that time humanly too old to have children (Genesis 18:14).

The city will be taken by the Babylonians (Jeremiah 32:28). That is the current situation. The LORD is doing this on the basis of His Word, because His people have been unfaithful to Him. The enemies will ruin the city (Jeremiah 32:29). They will burn the city and also the houses, because many houses have become idolatrous altars, where people offer sacrifices to Baal and other gods. Consequently, the LORD has become angry toward the city.

Their behavior has not suddenly changed. They have done what is evil in His sight from their youth, from their earliest days as a nation (Jeremiah 32:30). There has hardly been a time when the city has responded to His purpose (Jeremiah 32:31). It is remarkable how long the LORD has endured the city. But the time of forbearance has an end. He must now remove the city from before His face. The attitude of the entire population of the city is the cause of it (Jeremiah 32:32).

The LORD taught them about His will every time, early and late, all day long, but they turned their back and not their faces to Him (Jeremiah 32:33). We too can experience this ingratitude from those to whom we have done good and for whom we have sought good.

Instead of repenting, they have taken their wickedness to the extreme by setting up abominable idols in His house (Jeremiah 32:34). By doing so they have defiled the house of His Name. Even outside of it, the abominations are endless (Jeremiah 32:35). They sacrifice their children to Molech, the god of the Ammonites. God did not command this, it is nowhere in the law, not even a thought of it entered His heart. Such disgusting acts are entirely strange to Him and He does not encourage people to do them (James 1:13). Idolatry in any form and sins in any expression do not come from Him. He is not the Author of sin.

Ezekiel 6:4

The Answer of the LORD

Then comes the LORD’s answer to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:26). It is an answer in which we must learn to rest. He is “the LORD, the God of all flesh” (Jeremiah 32:27), that is, not only of His people Israel, but of all mortal and limited people. He is far above them. All His purposes He will carry out, no matter how the situation in which His people, then or now, find themselves, may seem to belittle it. To Him nothing is too difficult, a word the LORD also said to Abraham a thousand years earlier in connection with the birth of a son, while he and Sarah were at that time humanly too old to have children (Genesis 18:14).

The city will be taken by the Babylonians (Jeremiah 32:28). That is the current situation. The LORD is doing this on the basis of His Word, because His people have been unfaithful to Him. The enemies will ruin the city (Jeremiah 32:29). They will burn the city and also the houses, because many houses have become idolatrous altars, where people offer sacrifices to Baal and other gods. Consequently, the LORD has become angry toward the city.

Their behavior has not suddenly changed. They have done what is evil in His sight from their youth, from their earliest days as a nation (Jeremiah 32:30). There has hardly been a time when the city has responded to His purpose (Jeremiah 32:31). It is remarkable how long the LORD has endured the city. But the time of forbearance has an end. He must now remove the city from before His face. The attitude of the entire population of the city is the cause of it (Jeremiah 32:32).

The LORD taught them about His will every time, early and late, all day long, but they turned their back and not their faces to Him (Jeremiah 32:33). We too can experience this ingratitude from those to whom we have done good and for whom we have sought good.

Instead of repenting, they have taken their wickedness to the extreme by setting up abominable idols in His house (Jeremiah 32:34). By doing so they have defiled the house of His Name. Even outside of it, the abominations are endless (Jeremiah 32:35). They sacrifice their children to Molech, the god of the Ammonites. God did not command this, it is nowhere in the law, not even a thought of it entered His heart. Such disgusting acts are entirely strange to Him and He does not encourage people to do them (James 1:13). Idolatry in any form and sins in any expression do not come from Him. He is not the Author of sin.

Ezekiel 6:5

The Answer of the LORD

Then comes the LORD’s answer to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:26). It is an answer in which we must learn to rest. He is “the LORD, the God of all flesh” (Jeremiah 32:27), that is, not only of His people Israel, but of all mortal and limited people. He is far above them. All His purposes He will carry out, no matter how the situation in which His people, then or now, find themselves, may seem to belittle it. To Him nothing is too difficult, a word the LORD also said to Abraham a thousand years earlier in connection with the birth of a son, while he and Sarah were at that time humanly too old to have children (Genesis 18:14).

The city will be taken by the Babylonians (Jeremiah 32:28). That is the current situation. The LORD is doing this on the basis of His Word, because His people have been unfaithful to Him. The enemies will ruin the city (Jeremiah 32:29). They will burn the city and also the houses, because many houses have become idolatrous altars, where people offer sacrifices to Baal and other gods. Consequently, the LORD has become angry toward the city.

Their behavior has not suddenly changed. They have done what is evil in His sight from their youth, from their earliest days as a nation (Jeremiah 32:30). There has hardly been a time when the city has responded to His purpose (Jeremiah 32:31). It is remarkable how long the LORD has endured the city. But the time of forbearance has an end. He must now remove the city from before His face. The attitude of the entire population of the city is the cause of it (Jeremiah 32:32).

The LORD taught them about His will every time, early and late, all day long, but they turned their back and not their faces to Him (Jeremiah 32:33). We too can experience this ingratitude from those to whom we have done good and for whom we have sought good.

Instead of repenting, they have taken their wickedness to the extreme by setting up abominable idols in His house (Jeremiah 32:34). By doing so they have defiled the house of His Name. Even outside of it, the abominations are endless (Jeremiah 32:35). They sacrifice their children to Molech, the god of the Ammonites. God did not command this, it is nowhere in the law, not even a thought of it entered His heart. Such disgusting acts are entirely strange to Him and He does not encourage people to do them (James 1:13). Idolatry in any form and sins in any expression do not come from Him. He is not the Author of sin.

Ezekiel 6:6

The Answer of the LORD

Then comes the LORD’s answer to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 32:26). It is an answer in which we must learn to rest. He is “the LORD, the God of all flesh” (Jeremiah 32:27), that is, not only of His people Israel, but of all mortal and limited people. He is far above them. All His purposes He will carry out, no matter how the situation in which His people, then or now, find themselves, may seem to belittle it. To Him nothing is too difficult, a word the LORD also said to Abraham a thousand years earlier in connection with the birth of a son, while he and Sarah were at that time humanly too old to have children (Genesis 18:14).

The city will be taken by the Babylonians (Jeremiah 32:28). That is the current situation. The LORD is doing this on the basis of His Word, because His people have been unfaithful to Him. The enemies will ruin the city (Jeremiah 32:29). They will burn the city and also the houses, because many houses have become idolatrous altars, where people offer sacrifices to Baal and other gods. Consequently, the LORD has become angry toward the city.

Their behavior has not suddenly changed. They have done what is evil in His sight from their youth, from their earliest days as a nation (Jeremiah 32:30). There has hardly been a time when the city has responded to His purpose (Jeremiah 32:31). It is remarkable how long the LORD has endured the city. But the time of forbearance has an end. He must now remove the city from before His face. The attitude of the entire population of the city is the cause of it (Jeremiah 32:32).

The LORD taught them about His will every time, early and late, all day long, but they turned their back and not their faces to Him (Jeremiah 32:33). We too can experience this ingratitude from those to whom we have done good and for whom we have sought good.

Instead of repenting, they have taken their wickedness to the extreme by setting up abominable idols in His house (Jeremiah 32:34). By doing so they have defiled the house of His Name. Even outside of it, the abominations are endless (Jeremiah 32:35). They sacrifice their children to Molech, the god of the Ammonites. God did not command this, it is nowhere in the law, not even a thought of it entered His heart. Such disgusting acts are entirely strange to Him and He does not encourage people to do them (James 1:13). Idolatry in any form and sins in any expression do not come from Him. He is not the Author of sin.

Ezekiel 6:7

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jeremiah 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jeremiah 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jeremiah 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jeremiah 32:39). They will have a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jeremiah 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jeremiah 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jeremiah 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jeremiah 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jeremiah 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.

Ezekiel 6:8

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jeremiah 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jeremiah 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jeremiah 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jeremiah 32:39). They will have a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jeremiah 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jeremiah 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jeremiah 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jeremiah 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jeremiah 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.

Ezekiel 6:9

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jeremiah 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jeremiah 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jeremiah 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jeremiah 32:39). They will have a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jeremiah 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jeremiah 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jeremiah 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jeremiah 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jeremiah 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.

Ezekiel 6:10

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jeremiah 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jeremiah 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jeremiah 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jeremiah 32:39). They will have a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jeremiah 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jeremiah 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jeremiah 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jeremiah 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jeremiah 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.

Ezekiel 6:11

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jeremiah 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jeremiah 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jeremiah 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jeremiah 32:39). They will have a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jeremiah 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jeremiah 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jeremiah 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jeremiah 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jeremiah 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.

Ezekiel 6:12

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jeremiah 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jeremiah 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jeremiah 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jeremiah 32:39). They will have a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jeremiah 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jeremiah 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jeremiah 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jeremiah 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jeremiah 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.

Ezekiel 6:13

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jeremiah 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jeremiah 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jeremiah 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jeremiah 32:39). They will have a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jeremiah 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jeremiah 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jeremiah 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jeremiah 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jeremiah 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.

Ezekiel 6:14

Promises of Restoration

The LORD now has another word of comfort for Jeremiah and for every God-fearing person (Jeremiah 32:36). He again introduces Himself as “the LORD God of Israel”, despite the circumstances in which His people find themselves. The city is given into the hand of the king of Babylon under terrible circumstances. Jeremiah rightly says so.

Then comes the word of comfort, the promise (Jeremiah 32:37). The “anger”, “wrath”, and “great indignation” of the LORD to which He also points at the same time, do indicate in their combination how much the punishment is deserved. But the disciplining has an end and the people have a restoration. God will bring His disciplined people whom He has driven out and scattered back to Jerusalem and cause them to dwell there unconcerned, without fear of enemies and in peace and prosperity. They will be His people and He will be their God (Jeremiah 32:38).

Their hearts will no longer be divided, but undivided on Him (Jeremiah 32:39). They will have a new heart (Ezekiel 36:26), by which they will also go one way, His way. From that way they will not stray to go back into their own ways. There is fear of Him in them and also in their children. That fear will be a benefit to them. Fearing the LORD brings good upon a people.

The LORD makes an everlasting covenant with them (Jeremiah 32:40). He guarantees its fulfillment. He promises that He will not turn away from them and do them good. He does not have to turn away from them anymore either, because He will put His fear into their hearts so that they will not turn away from Him anymore. God never changes. The problem is always man’s erring heart. That problem is then solved. There is perfect harmony between the desires of God and those of His people. They will delight the LORD and He will do them good (Jeremiah 32:41).

He will turn everything to good for His people, who will then be faithful to Him, “with all My heart and with all My soul”. This is a unique expression that reveals that the LORD is speaking in rapture, as it were, of His purpose to plant His people in their land.

It is God’s greatest possible joy also today to give a restoration among His people when He sees repentance. Then He wants to give again the enjoyment of the blessings of the land, blessings connected with a glorified Lord. Returning to the land also means returning to God’s altar and God’s house.

The LORD will bring good upon His people, just as He has brought disaster on His people by virtue of His Word (Jeremiah 32:42). He has spoken it, and what He says, He makes true. His Word is a word that has power. It makes everything solid and certain.

When the people have returned from exile, fields will be bought again, as Jeremiah has already done in faith (Jeremiah 32:43). It will take a long time, another seventy years, but the return will come. Then the whole exile will be forgotten. For Jeremiah, its redemption will happen in the realm of peace. What he has acquired, he will not lose.

All possessors of fields will then be put in possession of their property (Jeremiah 32:44). Each one will be able to prove the right to it. It is a right granted to them by the LORD who has given to each tribe of His people a portion in the land. They can count on it to happen, for the LORD has said that He will restore the fortunes of His people.