Jeremiah 22-23

“He pled the cause of the afflicted and needy; then it was well.  Is not that what it means to know Me?” (22:16).  Through Jeremiah, God spoke to the nation’s leaders: landowners, princes, prophets, and priests.  Israel’s ancestors had followed God’s law and cared for the poor, but no more.  Now, the wealthy were building beautiful homes and not paying their workers properly (22:13-14).  The religious leaders were “polluted” (23:11) and couldn’t hear God’s truth anymore. 

The people had forgotten what “knowing God” really meant.  God called them to repent and change, before disaster overwhelmed them (22:7).