Jeremiah 44:10 (ESV)
They have not humbled themselves even to this day, nor have they feared, nor walked in my law and my statutes that I set before you and before your fathers.
At this point in the book of Jeremiah the majority of the nation of Israel have been carried off to Babylon. The remnant remains. Jeremiah was asked by them, “What shall we do?” They swear to Jeremiah that whatever he says they will do it:
Jeremiah 42:5 (ESV)
Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the LORD be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to all the word with which the LORD your God sends you to us.
Jeremiah tells them to remain in the land and don’t seek help from the Egyptians. Yet, they do it anyhow. They run for help to their wicked neighbors. This is the reason for the above verse. Jeremiah is in essence saying, “You just don’t listen!” This was the downfall of Israel to begin with. This is the reason God has sent them off to Babylon. Now they immediately disobey again. When we disobey God we are standing in the path of God’s discipline. We are not to disobey His laws and statues and rules. This group does it once again. Like them, disobedience is in the nature of man. It has to have a way to replace the sin nature, with, instead, righteousness. This is why we need a Savior.
2 Corinthians 5:21 (ESV)
For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.
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