NO ONE IS UPRIGHT

(Jeremiah 5)

'Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem (America),

Look around and consider, search through her squares.

IF YOU CAN FIND ONE PERSON WHO DEALS HONESTLY

AND SEEKS THE TRUTH,

I will forgive this City (Nation).

Although they say, 'As surely as the Lord lives,'

Still they are Swearing Falsely.'

O Lord, do not Your eyes look for Truth?

You Struck them, but they felt No Pain;

Your Crushed them, but they Refused Correction.

They made their faces Harder than Stone and Refused to Repent.

I thought, 'These are only the Poor; they are Foolish,

For they do not know the Requirements of their God.

So I will go to the Leaders and speak to them;

Surely they know the Way of the Lord,

The Requirements of their God.'

But with One Accord they too had Broken Off the Bonds.

Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them,

A wolf from the desert (Islam) will Ravage them,

A leopard will lie in wait near their towns

To tear to pieces any who venture out,

For their Rebellion is Great and their Backslidings Many.

'Why should I forgive you?

Your children have forsaken Me

And sworn by gods that are not gods.

I supplied all their needs,

Yet they Committed Adultery

And Thronged to the houses of Prostitutes.

They are well-fed, lusty stallions,

Each neighing for another man's wife.

Should I not Punish them for this?' declares the Lord.

'Should I not Avenge Myself on such a Nation as this?

'Go though her vineyards and Ravage them,

But do not Destroy them completely.

Strip off her branches,

For these people do not belong to the Lord.

The House of Israel and the House of Judah (America)

Have been Utterly Unfaithful to Me.' declares the Lord.

They have Lied about the Lord;

They said, 'He will do Nothing!

No Harm will come to us;

We will Never see Sword or Famine.

The Prophets are but Wind and the word is not in them;

So let what they say be done to them.'

Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:

'Because the people have spoken these words,

I will make My Words in your mouth a Fire

And these people the Wood it Consumes.

O House of Israel,' declares the Lord,

I AM bringing a distant Nation against you--

An Ancient and enduring Nation,

A people whose language you do not know,,

Whose speech you do not understand.

Their Quivers are like an Open Grave;

All of them are mighty warriors.

They will devour your harvests and food,

Devour your sons and daughters;

They will devour your flocks and herds,

Devour your vines and fig trees.

With Sword they will destroy the Fortified Cities

In which you trust.

(Jeremiah 5:1-17)

This an aspect of God's dealing with mankind America has Ignored;

The God Who Punishes a Nation for their Disobedience to Him;

For their Backslindings;

The God Who Avenges Himself on a Nation that Disregards His Word;

That has Taken for Granted All that He has done for them.

The God Who uses a Vile Nation to bring Correction to His people,

That they would come to understand

That Peace and Prosperity come from Him and Him Alone

In this Wicked World Ruled by Satan.