Jeremiah 22:8-9

Jeremiah 22:8-9 "People from many nations will pass by this city (Jerusalem) and will ask one another, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?’ And the answer will be: ‘Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God and have worshiped and served other gods.’”

Deuteronomy 29:24-26 echo's this passage. It speaks of a similar destruction covering an entire land due to idol worship.

I am humbled in these passages, I fear the Lord because the beloved Creator is also the Jealous Destroyer. His very own people and place He promised so much glory to... Yet God devastates and crumbles them.

The concept of God being the God of "the now" is relevant here. That was then: Israel vows devotion, the Lord dwells. This is now: Israel forsakes the covenant, God brings destruction.

I think its interesting that Jerusalem isn't abandoned like a ghost town or becomes a town inhabited by invaders. Instead God brings destruction to His holy mount ruined.

I know that Jesus wept for Jerusalem upon His final entry into the city on Palm Sunday. Was Jeremiah in a similar situation? God has a love for this city, its people and its significance. Some forty years later after Jesus' death, Jerusalem was completely devastated again. Turned into a pile of rubble, so many dead. Was it because the Seed of Abraham was unimpressive to the residents? Christ, the Promise of God was among them yet ill received by a doubting Israel. The New Covenant, the everlasting one, was consummated and the people of Jerusalem in large part, dismissed it and did business as usual. Is the destruction of Jerusalem around 70 AD similar to the one Jeremiah speaks of around 586 BC because of who we are as children so short of the glory God has?