July 13, 2013 – Jeremiah 22

The exile seems to be seen as having the same effect as the 40 years in the wilderness.  Basically God wants a new batch of Israelites to start over because the ones that are there are not following Him and following other Gods.  You can see this from the language that you will be taken from the land where you were born and never see it again.  It puts a new emphasis on the book of Lamentations, which has always been described to me as an exiled Jew looking down at Jerusalem for the last time.