Jeremiah finally switches from 100% bad news to a mixture of good news and bad news. He presents them some good news -- it's time for stability and peace! The bad news is that this stability will take place as exiles in Babylon for 70 years. The good news for us is that God's people have often felt like exiles even in their own homelands and have thus found healing, health, and hope in Jeremiah's instructions.

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For Reflection:

The people are not to retreat into their own conclaves and sanctuaries. Neither are they to engage in a cultural war to take control of the levers ...