Jeremiah 21:11-14

Right is right and wrong is wrong. No amount of sugar coating the truth will stop the Father from allowing disaster when we are not living according to His ways. He disciplines those He loves.

The Book of Jeremiah, perhaps more vividly than any other book of the Bible, reveals the inner struggles of a prophet of God.Jeremiah candidly reveals his inner turmoil concerning his call to prophetic ministry. Indeed, the prophet’s anguish over the message of judgment upon his people and the coming destruction of the land was at times overwhelming. Yet despite his anguish, Jeremiah fulfilled his ministry of proclaiming God’s judgment against the people of Judah for their idolatry, their unfaithfulness to the covenant, and their obstinate disobedience of His will. Long acknowledged as one of the great prophets of the Old Testament, Jeremiah serves to this day as an example of someone who remained faithful to the word of God despite countless hardships. The NKJV Study Bible.

The king was to be devoted to the commandments of God and was to mete out judgment, or justice. The ultimate test of the king was measured in his judicial response to those who were oppressed and plundered.

Jeremiah 21:11–14 (NKJV)

¹¹ “And concerning the house of the king of Judah, say, ‘Hear the word of the Lord, ¹² O house of David! Thus says the Lord:

“Execute judgment in the morning;

And deliver him who is plundered

Out of the hand of the oppressor,

Lest My fury go forth like fire

And burn so that no one can quench it,

Because of the evil of your doings.

¹³ “Behold, I am against you, O inhabitant of the valley,

And rock of the plain,” says the Lord,

“Who say, ‘Who shall come down against us?

Or who shall enter our dwellings?’

¹⁴ But I will punish you according to the fruit of your doings,” says the Lord;

“I will kindle a fire in its forest,

And it shall devour all things around it.” ’ ”

¹⁷ Learn to do good; Seek justice, Rebuke the oppressor; Defend the fatherless, Plead for the widow. 

Isaiah 1:17

³ Thus says the Lord: ^b“Execute judgment and righteousness, and deliver the plundered out of the hand of the oppressor. Do no wrong and do no violence to the stranger, the fatherless, or the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place. 

Jeremiah 22:3

⁹ “Thus says the Lord of hosts: ‘Execute true justice, Show mercy and compassion Everyone to his brother. 

Zechariah 7:9

⁵ The Lord is righteous in her midst, He will do no unrighteousness. Every morning He brings His justice to light; He never fails, But the unjust knows no shame. 

Zephaniah 3:5

⁸ Therefore thus says the Lord God: “Because you have spoken nonsense and envisioned lies, therefore I am indeed against you,” says the Lord God. 

Ezekiel 13:8

³ The pride of your heart has deceived you, You who dwell in the clefts of the rock, Whose habitation is high; You who say in your heart, ‘Who will bring me down to the ground?’ 

Obadiah 3

⁴ Though you ascend as high as the eagle, And though you set your nest among the stars, From there I will bring you down,” says the Lord. 

Obadiah 4