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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 197

"Because of all your sins, throughout your territories"

Text: Jeremiah 15:13

THE WEALTH OF THE CHILDREN OF JUDAH

There were many factors that contributed to the children of Judah becoming so wayward and wicked! One of those factors was their wealth. Many did not become wealthy through hard work. Often the wealth was obtained through sinful ways!

“Your wealth and your treasures
I will give as plunder without price,
Because of all your sins,
Throughout your territories.
And I will make you cross over with your enemies
Into a land which you do not know;
For a fire is kindled in My anger,
Which shall burn upon you.”
Jeremiah 15:13-14

1. “Your wealth and your treasures I will give as plunder without price”

a) Wealth and treasures
i) These were obtained through covetousness (Jeremiah 6:13; 8:10).
ii) Through wickedness and deceit, wealth was obtained (Jeremiah 5:27).
b) The ill-gotten gains
i) They will be plundered.
ii) They would lose all they considered as “treasures”.

2. “Because of all your sins, throughout your territories”

a) The sins of the people were grave and many.
b) Throughout all the territories of the kingdom, sins abounded!

3. “And I will make you cross over with your enemies into a land which you do not know”

a) The children of Judah would be exiled.
b) They would go to a land they know nothing about.

4. “For a fire is kindled in My anger, which shall burn upon you”

a) The righteous anger of God is compared to “fire”.
b) This fire had been kindled and it would burn the kingdom of Judah.
c) Their wealth cannot purchase any reprieve.