September 27, 2013 – Jeremiah 49

Two things stood out to me. The one, about the one nation trying to hide from God or thinking they were safe by going into a high nest like an eagle.  I assumed that meant they hid up a mountain somewhere.  God simple states He will bring them down and basically you cannot hide from God.  Maybe if they were just running from a regular army, something like that might work, but when that army has become the instrument of God, goes as high as you can, you aren’t getting away.

The second was the image of being scattered by the wind.  This is so easy to picture because who hasn’t had something set up and then had a gust of wind blow it all away or at least make a mess of it.  Seems a constant struggle in the summer with picnics.  But imagine a leaf being blown by the wind.  Many will land on the ground right beneath the tree, but some might be blown miles and miles before they actually come to a stop.  There have been stories of debris from tornados being dropped in other states, hundreds of miles away.  So, when God says He is going to scatter you like the wind, He probably isn’t talking a gentle breeze.