There is a judgment of God. Job’s ‘friends’ brought no comfort to
him. They failed to discern the presence and purpose of God in Job’s
sufferings. All the prophets of God and, above all, the Son of God,
encountered persecution. There will, however, come a day when the
enemies of the Lord will be brought to judgment: “The Lord thundered
from heaven; the voice of the Most High resounded. He shot His arrows
and scattered the enemy, with great bolts of lightning He routed them”
(Psalm 18:13-14).
" ... Will you ... come and stand before Me in this house, which bears My Name, and say, We are safe" - safe to do all these detestable things? Has this house, which bears My Name become a den of robbers to you? But I have been watching! declares the Lord" (Jeremiah 7:8-11). “God demands a conversion of the mind and heart as the basis of peace and security (cf. Is 26:3), not the superstitious veneration of a stone building or a traditionally sacred site” ( R K Harrison , Jeremiah ).
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