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Jeremiah

Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 106

"They were not at all ashamed"

Text: Jeremiah 6:15

FEELINGS OF SHAME

This is a natural thing to feel when one has done wrong. It is a feeling of embarrassment and deep regret. But what if this sense of shame was no longer felt?

“‘Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No! They were not at all ashamed;
Nor did they know how to blush.
Therefore they shall fall among those who fall;
At the time I punish them,
They shall be cast down,’ says the LORD.”
Jeremiah 6:15

1. “Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?”

a) “Committed abomination”
i) This is with reference to idolatry especially.
ii) Israel/ Judah had abandoned their worship of God.
iii) They had chosen to worship an array of idols.
b) Were they ashamed when confronted?
i) By the Lord?
ii) By the true prophets of God?

2. “No! They were not at all ashamed; nor did they know how to blush.”

a) A candid reply was given.
b) There was no feeling of shame.
c) They did not blush at all.
d) The people had become very brazen in their bent towards sinning.

3. “Therefore they shall fall among those who fall”

a) The prediction was given.
b) The idolaters would fall.
c) Their idols would have no power to help them when the Invaders come.

4. “‘At the time I punish them, they shall be cast down,’ says the LORD”

a) Punishment had been forewarned.
b) A chance to repent had been given.
c) But the offer had been spurned.
d) Their punishment would be that they would be cast down by the Invaders.
e) God would not come and deliver them this time round.