America's Demise - Part III

(Parallels to America and the nations today,

Extrapolated from the Book of Jeremiah)

'Have you seen what faithless American has done?

She has in every city created idols of persons

And what her hands have made and committed adultery with them.

I thought that after she had done all this she would return to Me

But she did not.

America has no fear of Me,

She has defiled the land and committed adultery.

She returned to Me only in pretense saying 'God bless America'

But refusing to bless Me, declares the Lord.

'Return faithless America declares the Lord, I will frown you no longer,

For I am merciful,' declares the Lord, I will not be angry forever.

Only acknowledge your guilt—

You have rebelled against the Lord your God,

You have scattered your favors to foreign gods throughout America

And the world and have not obeyed Me,' declares the Lord.

'Return, faithless people,' declares the Lord, 'for I am your Husband.

I will choose one of you from every city and two from every clan

And bring you to Zion.

Then I will give you shepherds after My own heart,

Who will lead you with knowledge and understanding.

In those days, when you numbers have increased greatly in the land,' 

Declares the Lord, 'men will no longer say,

'The Ark of the Covenant of the Lord.'

It will never enter their minds or be remembered; it will not be missed,

Nor will another one be made.

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the Lord,

And all nations will gather in Jerusalem to honor the Name of the Lord.

No longer will they follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

In those days there will be One people gathered from every nation

To the land I gave Israel as an inheritance. There will be one Israel of God.

[This paragraph speaks of the Millennium.

America and all it's cities will have been ruined.]

'I Myself said, How gladly would I treat you like sons

And give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of any nation.'

[This promise was potential for America as well as Israel

But she became a prostitute.]

I thought you would call Me 'Father' and not turn away from following Me.

But like a woman unfaithful to her husband,

So you have been unfaithful to Me, O America,' declares the Lord.

A cry is heard on the barren heights,

The weeping and pleading of the people of America,

Because they have perverted their ways

And have forgotten the Lord their God.

'Return, faithless people; I will cure you of backsliding.'

'Yes, we will come to you, for you are the Lord our God.

Surely the idolatrous commotion on the in every city is a deception;

Surely in the Lord our God is the salvation of America.

From our youth shameful gods

Have consumed the fruits of our fathers' labor--

Their flocks and herds, their sons and daughters.

Let us lied down in our shame, and let our disgrace cover us.

We have sinned against the Lord our God, both we and our fathers;

From our youth till this day we have not obeyed the Lord our God.'

'If you will return, O America, return to Me,' declares the Lord.

'If you will put your detestable idols out of My sight and no longer go astray,

And if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear,

'As surely as the Lord lives,' then the nations will be bless by Him

And in Him they will Glory.'

This is what the Lord says to the men of America and every city in America:

'Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns.

Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts,

You men of America and people of America,

Or My wrath will break out and burn like fire

Because of the evil you have done—burn with no one to quench it.'

Announce in America and every city in America and say:

Sound the trumpet throughout the land!'

Cry aloud and say: 'Gather together! Let us flee to places of safety.

For I am bringing disaster on America, even terrible destruction.'

A Lion has come out of His lair; A Destroyer of nations has set out.

He has left His place to lay waste your land.

Your cities will lie in ruins without inhabitant.

So put on sackcloth, lament and wail,

For the fierce anger of the Lord has not turned away from us.

'In that day,' declares the Lord,

'The president and the officials will lose heart,

The preachers will be horrified, and the prophets will be appalled.'

Then I said, 'Ah Sovereign Lord,

How completely You have deceived this people and all of America by saying,

'You will have peace,' when the sword is at our throats.'

At that time this people and all America will be told,

'A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert

Blows toward My people, but not to winnow or cleanse;

A wind too strong that comes from Me.

Now I pronounce My judgments against them.'

Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind,

His horses are swifter than eagles.

Woe to us! We are ruined!

O America, wash the evil from your heart and be saved.

How long will you harbor wicked thoughts?

A voice is announcing from true prophets,

Proclaiming disaster from every corner of America.

Tell this to the nations, proclaim it to America:

'A besieging army is coming from a distant land,

Raising a war cry against the cities of America.

They surround her like men guarding a field,

Because she has rebelled against Me,' declares the Lord.

'Your own conduct and actions have brought this upon you.

This is your punishment. How bitter it is!

How it pierces to the heart!'

Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain.

Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent.

For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.

Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins.

In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment.

How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet?

My people are fools; they do not know Me.

They are senseless children; they have no understanding.

They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good.'

I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty;

And at the heavens, and their light was gone.

I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking;

All the hills were swaying.

I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.

I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert;

All its towns in ruins before the Lord, before His fierce anger.

This is what the Lord says:

'The whole land will be ruined, though I will not destroy it completely.

Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above grow dark,

Because I have spoken and will not relent,

I have decide and will not turn back.'

At the sound of horsemen and archers every town takes to flight.

Some go into the thickets; some climb up among the rocks.

All the towns are deserted; no one lives in them.

'What are you doing, O devastated one?

Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold?

Why shade your eyes with paint?

You adorn yourself in vain.

Your lovers despise you; they seek your life.

I hear a cry as of a woman in labor,

A groan as of one bearing her first child--

The cry of America gasping for breath, stretching out her hands and saying,

'Alas! I am fainting; my life is given over to murderers.' (Jeremiah 4)

As God has written, so shall it be! Hallelujah! Maranatha!