What parallels exist between Jeremiah 6:7 and today's societal moral decline? Jeremiah’s Warning Echoes Today “As a well keeps its water fresh, so she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction resound within her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.” (Jeremiah 6:7) Key Images in Jeremiah 6:7 • A constantly flowing well → unending supply of evil • Violence and destruction → outward social breakdown • Sickness and wounds → inward, festering damage Parallels in the Modern Landscape • Continuous stream of wickedness – 24/7 media feeds keep immorality “fresh,” normalizing profanity, sexual impurity, and mockery of godliness (Isaiah 5:20). • Violence and destruction resound – Rising homicides, mass shootings, human trafficking, and abortion reveal a culture cheapening life (Genesis 9:6). • Sickness and wounds always before us – Escalating mental-health crises, addiction, and fractured families expose deep spiritual injury (Romans 1:28-32). Shared Roots of Decline • Rejection of God’s authority – “They did not see fit to acknowledge God” (Romans 1:28). • Self-exaltation – “Men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money” (2 Timothy 3:1-2). • Desensitization to sin – Moral outrage dims as repetition makes evil appear ordinary (Matthew 24:12). Consequences Then and Now • National vulnerability: Jerusalem soon fell to Babylon; modern societies fracture from within. • Divine displeasure: “Sickness and wounds are ever before Me” warns that God sees and judges persistent sin (Hebrews 4:13). • Personal emptiness: unrepentant hearts reap “the whirlwind” (Hosea 8:7). Hope and Needed Response • Return to the ancient paths (Jeremiah 6:16). • Spread living water, not polluted streams (John 7:38). • Model holiness, restraining decay as salt and light (Matthew 5:13-16). Jeremiah’s picture of a city whose well continually pumps wickedness mirrors our own era’s nonstop moral drip. The remedy remains unchanged: heartfelt repentance and wholehearted obedience to the Lord who still calls, still warns, and still saves. |
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