The Lord gives Jeremiah a difficult message to give the Israelites in this chapter, but forewarns the prophet that the people will neither listen to him nor change their ways. In the end we ask ourselves: do our nations, our communities, our households have similar behaviors in conduct to the people of Jeremiah's time? And can we reasonably expect to be held as a blessed nation based on those answers. It's a challenge and one that we can reign in with the help of a life led by Christ.