Israel's sins aroused God's anger. Due to the evil they had done, the Israelites provoked God's anger. God had to remove them from his sight because of their sin.

So God drove Israel out and destroyed them by using the Babylonian kingdom. But even after all this, God is promising them, "I will bring them back to this place and let them live in safety." Even to these sinful Israelites God tells them, "They will be my people, and I will be their God." God will make an everlasting covenant with them. Even in the calamity due to their sins, God is promising them prosperity. Again, the fields will be bought for silver.

This restoration came through Jesus Christ. Our sins deserve punishment, ultimately death. God loved mankind so much that he gave us his one and only Son Jesus. In Jesus, we will again be called the people of God. Jesus becomes our everlasting covenant with God. "Whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." (Jn 3:16)


Application: Lord, sometimes we suffer due to our sins. Thank you for sending us Jesus and the sure promise of restoration through him.
One Word: Restoration in Jesus!