Concerning Egypt, God says, “I will punish you in this place” (Jeremiah 44:29).
There can be no blessing when we live in direct contradiction to His
Word. What we must never forget is the existence and activity of Satan (1 Timothy 5:15).
He is always there, seeking to make us “turn away from God to follow
Satan.” We must learn to say to God, “I believe in Your commands ... I
obey Your Word .... Teach me Your decrees ... I keep Your precepts with
all my heart ... I delight in Your law ... The law from Your mouth is
more precious to me than thousands of pieces of silver and gold” (Psalm 119:66-70,72).
" ... 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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