let the depravity within them and the nations around them control their actions. They followed their heart and broke God’s heart. They chased their dreams of a life free from God’s constraints and found a life free from God’s protection. The collapsed walls of the city lay as a metaphor for the broken rubble of their lives. In the midst of this moment, Jeremiah has the unenviable job of screaming to the nation that they are headed in the wrong direction. And that’s not the bad part. While the nation
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