What other scriptures warn against forsaking God's ways like Jeremiah 19:7? Jeremiah 19:7 in Focus “I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem in this place. I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hand of those who seek their lives. And I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.” (Jeremiah 19:7) The Persistent Pattern of Warning Scripture repeatedly sounds this same alarm. Whenever God’s people abandon His ways, judgment follows just as surely as day follows night. From the Law to the Land • Deuteronomy 28:15 – “But if you do not obey the LORD your God by diligently following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.” • Joshua 24:20 – “If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, then He will turn and bring disaster upon you and consume you, after He has been good to you.” • 1 Samuel 12:15 – “But if you disobey the LORD and rebel against His command, then the hand of the LORD will be against you as it was against your fathers.” Prophetic Alerts • 2 Chronicles 7:19-20 – “If you turn away and forsake the statutes and commandments I have set before you… then I will uproot you from My land that I have given you.” • Psalm 81:11-12 – “But My people would not listen to Me… So I gave them up to their stubborn hearts to follow their own devices.” • Proverbs 14:12 – “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.” • Isaiah 1:4 – “They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him.” • Isaiah 5:24 – “Because they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.” • Hosea 4:6 – “My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have forgotten the law of your God, I will forget your children.” • Hosea 6:7 – “But like Adam, they have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.” • Amos 5:27 – “Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the LORD. • Zechariah 7:11-13 – “They refused to pay attention… So great wrath came from the LORD of Hosts.” Jesus and the Apostles Continue the Alarm • Matthew 7:26-27 – “Everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them… great was its collapse.” • John 15:6 – “If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers… and burned.” • Romans 11:22 – “Consider the kindness and severity of God… Otherwise you also will be cut off.” • Hebrews 10:26-27 – “If we deliberately go on sinning… a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire.” • 2 Peter 2:20-21 – “It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than… turn away.” • Revelation 2:4-5 – “You have abandoned your first love… if you do not repent, I will come to you and remove your lampstand.” Key Takeaways for Us Today • God’s warnings are consistent, spanning the Law, the Prophets, the teachings of Jesus, and the letters to the churches. • Forsaking His ways is never trivial; it invites real, tangible consequences. • Obedience brings blessing; disobedience brings loss, exile, and judgment. • These passages call every generation to steadfast faithfulness—clinging to the Lord’s Word, walking in His commands, and honoring the covenant He has made with us through Christ. |
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