The people left in Jerusalem had the temple. They had prophets like Jeremiah. They were in the land that God had given to their people. These people had everything that one might expect to do right, yet they were the rotten ones. Good fortune, good luck, or what may seem to be God's blessings don't prove righteousness. In truth, if you aren't trying to serve God faithfully, then being in the church and having faithful teaching available is a curse. Jesus said to whom much is given, much shall be required (Luke 12:48). Knowing this, one can understand why the disobedient people in Jerusalem were so rotten. They had what they needed to serve God and did nothing. It is like someone dying of starvation in a grocery store full of free food.
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