Putting aside your Preferences

The prophet Jeremiah was seen as a traitor because his message seemed to be on the side of the Babylonians. Impending disaster was already in motion due to rampant and unrepentant sin of Judah’s kings, religious leaders and prophets, the men who were supposed to be shepherding God’s people. “Instead of caring for my flock and leading them to safety, you have deserted them and driven them to destruction. Now I will pour out judgment on you for the evil you have done to them” (Jeremiah 23:2). The LORD was sick of the wickedness, so He ‘whistled’ for enemy forces to ‘come from the north’ and destroy His beloved Jerusalem and Judah.