Verse 12
Therefore the Lord would make them unstable. He would allow them to fall into perilous situations (Psalms 35:6; Psalms 73:18), and to wander off into obscurity (cf. Jeremiah 13:16). At the proper time He would bring calamity on them.
". . . they will be like men sliding on a slippery trail in the darkness, stumbling and falling on top of one another." [Note: Harrison, Jeremiah and . . ., p. 121.]
"Whenever a nation needs healing, it’s usually because God’s people aren’t obeying and serving Him as they should. We like to blame dishonest politicians and various purveyors of pleasure for a nation’s decline in morality, but God blames His own people." [Note: Wiersbe, p. 113.]
The next prophecy compares the false prophets of the Southern Kingdom to the false prophets in the then defunct Northern Kingdom (Jeremiah 23:13-15).
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