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“All the people came near…and said unto Jeremiah the prophet…pray for us unto the Lord thy God…that the Lord thy God may shew us the way wherein we may walk, and the thing that we may do” (Jeremiah 42:1-3).
“And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God…then spake…all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee” (Jeremiah 43:1-2).
After Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had conquered Judah, those that were left in the land came to Jeremiah, asking Him to pray to the Lord, and to tell them what the Lord wanted them to do. Jeremiah readily told them the mind of the Lord, and that they should not go down into Egypt.
However, the people had already made up their minds to go to Egypt, and were of course hoping that Jeremiah would tell them the same thing. But when he told them that the Lord had said not to go, they simply said that Jeremiah was speaking falsely, and that what he had told them was not the Lord’s will. Then they proceeded to go to Egypt.
It is very sad when we set our own will against God, and are determined to have our own way. It never works out for blessing in our lives.
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