Jerusalem's Wickedness and Judgment from the North

Jeremiah 6: The Ancient Paths Rejected and Impending Judgment from the North.

Jeremiah 6:1-3: "'Oh, children of Benjamin, gather yourselves to flee from the midst of Jerusalem! Blow the trumpet in Tekoa, and set up a signal fire in Beth-Achem. For disaster appears out of the north, and great destruction. I have likened the daughter of Zion to a lovely and delicate woman. The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her; they shall pitch their tents against her all around. Each one shall pasture in his own place. Prepare war against her! Arise, and let us go up at noon!' 'Woe to us, for the day goes away, for the shadows of the evening are lengthening. Arise, and let us go up by night and let us destroy her palaces.'"

Jeremiah 6:6-8: "'For thus has the Lord of hosts said: "Cut down trees, and build a mound against Jerusalem." This is the city to be punished! She is full of oppression in her midst. As a fountain wells up with water, so she wells up with her wickedness. Violence and plundering are heard in her. Before Me continually are grief and wounds. Be instructed, O Jerusalem, lest My soul depart from you, lest I make you desolate—a land not inhabited." Thus says the Lord of hosts. "They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel; as a great gatherer, put your hand back into the branches. To whom shall I speak, and give warning, that they may hear? Indeed, their ear is uncircumcised, and they cannot give heed. Behold, the word of the Lord is a reproach to them; they have no delight in it."'

Jeremiah 6:11-15: "'Therefore I am full of the fury of the Lord; I am weary of holding it in. I will pour it out on the children outside and on the assembly of young men together; for even the husband shall be taken with the wife, the aged with him who is full of days. And their houses shall be turned over to others, fields and wives together. For I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,' says the Lord. 'Because from the least of them to the greatest of them, everyone is given to coveting; from the prophet even to the priest, everyone deals falsely. They have also healed the hurt of My people slightly, saying, "Peace, peace!" when there is no peace. Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed, nor did they know how to blush.'

We don't blush anymore. We don't blush about homosexuality, abortion, idols. People don't care. The love of many has grown cold. For our brethren in Israel, the same thing. They're not ashamed. No one's blushing about the homosexuals in Sodom, June 1st-4th, 2026. No one's blushing. Then they do the parade in Tel Aviv. No one's blushing. Therefore, they shall fall among those who fall, and at the time I will punish them.

Jeremiah 6:16: "'Thus says the Lord: "Stand in the ways and see; and ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it; then you will find rest for your souls." But they said, "We will not walk in it."'" They don't want to find the ancient paths.

Jeremiah 6:17-19: "'Also, I set watchmen over you, saying, "Listen to the sound of the trumpet!" Though they said, "We will not listen." Therefore hear, O nations, and know, O congregation, what is among them. Hear, O earth! Behold, I will certainly bring calamity on this people—the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My words, nor My Torah, but rejected it.'

Moses called heaven and earth as witnesses against the Jewish people. Jeremiah is quoting Moses. "Hear, O nations. Behold, I will bring calamity on the people, the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not heeded My words, nor the Torah, but rejected it."

Jeremiah 6:20-23: "'To what purpose the frankincense from Sheba, and sweet cane from a far country? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable, nor your sacrifices sweet to Me. Therefore, thus says the Lord: "Behold, I will lay stumbling blocks before this people, and the fathers and the sons together shall fall on them; the neighbor and his friend shall perish." Thus says the Lord: "Behold, a people comes from the north country, and a great nation shall be raised from the furthest parts of the earth. They will lay hold on bow and spear; they are cruel and have no mercy; their voice roars like the sea; they ride on horses, as men of war set in array against you, O daughter of Zion."'"

Jeremiah 6:24-26: "'We have heard the report of it; our hands grow feeble; anguish has taken hold of us, pains of a woman in labor. Do not go out into the field, nor walk by the way, because of the sword of the enemy; fear is on every side, O daughter of my people! Dress in sackcloth and roll about in ashes; make mourning as for an only son, most bitter lamentation. For the plunderer will suddenly come upon us.'"

Jeremiah 6:27-30: "'I have set you as a tester and a fortress among the people, that you may know and test their way. They are all stubborn rebels, walking as slanderers; they are bronze and iron; they are all corruptors. The bellows blow fiercely; the lead is consumed by fire; the smelter refines in vain, for the wicked are not drawn off. People will call them rejected silver, because the Lord has rejected them.'"

Who loves the prophet Jeremiah? This is serious stuff. Our Jewish, Israeli, and American Christian friends need to read this and sear their hearts with it because this is what's coming, exactly what the prophet said to this generation. Jeremiah 25 will bleed into the second coming events. Nebuchadnezzar will destroy the Middle East, including Babylon and Israel. People call him the Antichrist; he is really Nebuchadnezzar. He will ruin the Middle East. Ten kings will ruin them, including Judah and every Islamic nation. Muslims need to wake up and understand what's coming. Nebuchadnezzar, or Antichrist, or Antiochus Epiphanes IV—these ancient people who hated Israel and went against Egypt, Sudan, Libya, Syria—he will do the same exact thing.

Summary of Jeremiah 6: Judah refuses the ancient path, the good way. Key verse: "Ask for the ancient paths, where the good way is, and walk in it." But the people said, "We will not walk in it." My Jewish friends, Israeli friends, and all Middle Eastern friends who listen: Nebuchadnezzar is coming. You can see the kingdoms going down, apostasy rising, pride everywhere, including Israel. God will deal with that pride. Daniel 8 says pride will be broken. Let our pride be broken now. God will not relent once we reach that point. Major points: The watchmen sound the alarm, but the people refuse to listen. Their worship continues, but God rejects it because their hearts are uncircumcised and rebellious. Key scriptures: "Break up your fallow ground, circumcise your hearts. Evil will come from the north." The devastation sounds like creation being undone. The problem is uncircumcised hearts. My Jewish friends, Israeli friends, and Christians need to circumcise our hearts. It's the one way, the ancient way, the Torah. That's it. Jews and Christians must get back to it because that's why we're not getting victories. No one can show a victory for America in a major war in 80 years. No one can show a victory for Israel in 25 years. There are no victories because it's not victory time; it's repentance time, "Teshuvah" time. Then you will see your victories, and your enemies will be destroyed forever once we repent.