"Leave the orphans, and I will take care of them. Your widows also can trust in me," Jeremiah 49:11.
Who speaks? Jehovah God, Lord of armies! Finally! God's justice prevails! Against all the inhumanities of varied peoples it marches forth! Northern aggressors from Babylon would sweep throughout Canaan land. (This they did in the early 6th century before Jesus.) God details specific nations, individual cities, to bear the rage of his destroyers. So, what's with the quote above? Two things. Thing One: a lot of fathers and husbands died. The wrongs and inequities they visited upon each other ended in the terror of God's justice. Thing Two: But don't worry about the orphans and the widows. The Mighty Warrior, God himself, would nurture them gently.
Sobered, we join a brother or sister today in respectful worship of our just God. And we marvel at Jesus, who fully received the justice due us. And, together, we give awe-ful thanks for God's grace, greater than all our sin.
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