Today: [Jeremiah 44] Jeremiah Just Won’t Stop. In this chapter, we find Jeremiah with the refugees in Egypt. Despite Jeremiah’s warnings not to take refuge in Egypt – a large contingency of people from Jerusalem and Judah have done so. Once arrived in Egypt the people promptly adopt the pagan deities of the Egyptians. Jeremiah speaks strongly against these idolatries and in the process, provokes the ire of 1000’s of women and wives who are now burning incense to Asherah. The husbands to a man stand with their spouses against the words of Jeremiah condemning these new pagan practices. What can we learn from this? Can a prophet of God go too far in meddling by his words in our personal lives? The answer can be one upon which the fate of our families and our nation hangs.
