S – For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall strike them down with the sword. ⁵ Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon.

 Jeremiah 20:4–5 ESV

O – Commentary:

This is the first instance in which Babylon is named as the country whose armies would invade Judah and take the people into exile. The invaders would take the precious jewels and gold and silver, leaving Judah without resources

 New Living Translation Study Bible (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2008), Je 20:4–5.

A – Jeremiah prophesied the opponent and the results of Judah’s disobedience to God.  We have the same warning throughout the Bible when we are told to repent of our sin and have a relationship with God.  The difference is we have a choice in the outcome.  It is our choice to accept Christ and have a relationship with God or reject Christ and have distance and separation.

R – Heavenly Father, you are righteous and Holy.  You give us a choice today to accept Jesus as our Lord and Savior or go our own way.  Help us to choose you.  We cannot overcome sin without Christ’s work on the cross.  Help us to walk out our relationship with you today.