What is the meaning of Jeremiah 2:6? They did not ask, • The charge begins with silence—God’s people stopped consulting Him. • Forgetfulness of past deliverance always breeds present disobedience (Deuteronomy 4:9; Judges 2:10; Psalm 106:13). • When leaders fail to call the nation back to the LORD, sin quickly feels normal (Hosea 4:6). ‘Where is the LORD • The question of God’s nearness should have been on every tongue (Psalm 42:2; Isaiah 55:6). • Seeking His face is not optional; it is the mark of covenant faithfulness (1 Chronicles 16:11; Jeremiah 29:13). • Their failure shows that idolatry had dulled their spiritual appetite (Jeremiah 2:11). who brought us up from the land of Egypt, • God anchors His identity in historical fact: “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt” (Exodus 20:2). • Remembering redemption stirs gratitude and obedience (Deuteronomy 6:12; Jude 5). • Israel’s neglect of this central miracle revealed a heart drifting from the very foundation of their national life (Psalm 114:1–2). who led us through the wilderness, • The forty-year journey was God’s classroom, proving His guidance day by day (Exodus 13:21–22; Deuteronomy 8:2–4). • Pillar of cloud and fire, manna, and water from the rock testified that He can shepherd a people anywhere (Nehemiah 9:19; Psalm 136:16). through a land of deserts and pits, • “He found him in a desert land, in an empty wasteland of howling wilderness” (Deuteronomy 32:10). • “Pits” pictures deadly terrain—chasms, sinkholes, and ambush sites—yet God’s path was secure (Numbers 21:6–9). a land of drought and darkness, • The Sinai and Negev regions receive almost no rain; God refreshed them supernaturally (Psalm 107:4–5; Jeremiah 51:43). • “Darkness” evokes both literal night marches and spiritual threat; His fiery presence lit their way (Exodus 14:19–20). a land where no one travels • Humanly speaking, the route was impassable, “where no man dwelt” (Isaiah 63:13–14). • God delights to prove His sufficiency in places we deem unlivable (2 Corinthians 1:9). and no one lives? • The LORD sustained life where life was impossible (Deuteronomy 8:15–16). • By ignoring this, Israel insulted the very One who made their existence possible (Jeremiah 50:12). summary Jeremiah 2:6 exposes a tragic amnesia: Israel quit asking for the God who had redeemed, guided, protected, and sustained them in the most hostile environment on earth. The verse catalogs His mighty acts to highlight the folly of forgetting Him. For every believer, the remedy is the same—remember God’s past faithfulness, seek His present presence, and refuse to let routine or idolatry silence the question, “Where is the LORD?” |
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