Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
This is what the LORD of Heaven's Armies, the God of Israel, says: 'Look, I will bring disaster on this city and all the towns around it—all the punishment I warned them about. This is because they stubbornly refused to listen to what I was telling them.'
God is saying He will follow through on His warnings of judgment because the people stubbornly refused to listen to Him.
📚 Historical Context
This verse comes from Jeremiah's dramatic object lesson at the Valley of Ben Hinnom, where he smashed a clay jar to symbolize Jerusalem's coming destruction. The people of Judah had repeatedly ignored God's warnings through various prophets and continued practicing idolatry and injustice. This prophecy was delivered shortly before the Babylonian conquest of Jerusalem in 586 BC.
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