It took me 21 minutes to read this passage. The part of God’s message that really hit home was in chapter 31 verse 11. The Message translates that verse like this: “I, GOD, will pay a stiff ransom price for Jacob; I’ll free him from the grip of the Babylonian bully.” I realized that God loves his people so much that he has always been willing to offer a ransom in exchange for his children. He paid dearly for Israel to come out of Egypt, and to Jeremiah he promised a similar ransom to bring Judah home from captivity. We know today that God paid the greatest ransom for all of mankind when he sent Jesus to the cross.
Stuart
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