"As for the people to whom they prophesy—their bodies will be thrown out into the streets of Jerusalem, victims of famine and war. There will be no one left to bury them. Husbands, wives, sons, and daughters—all will be gone. For I will pour out their own wickedness on them. Now, Jeremiah, say this to them:
'Night and day my eyes overflow with tears.
I cannot stop weeping,
for my virgin daughter—my precious people—
has been struck down
and lies mortally wounded.'"
I cannot stop weeping,
for my virgin daughter—my precious people—
has been struck down
and lies mortally wounded.'"
This is how God's justice works: He turns the tide so that the evil that people bring to others turns back on themselves. It is their own wickedness boomeranged to fall on their own heads. God can do no wrong himself, but he can and does turn evil around so the evildoers pay for their own sins. Yet even as God pours out his anger and judgment, it causes him great grief. God allows people to go to hell, but he himself suffers about it. Or rather, suffered—in Jesus' death on the cross.
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