The LORD promised unending lovingkindness to all His people, promising to gather them into His kingdom, redeeming them from their enemies and filling them with everlasting joy.

Due to their sin, the people’s condition was incurable, and their reaction to the LORD’s correction was incorrigible, but His grace is incomprehensible.

The LORD used the exile as a means of instruction: teaching His people how to trust Him, exhorting them to submit to His purposes, and encouraging them to wait on…

The heart is inclined toward self-indulgence without regard for others, and this is especially true of despotic rulers; but this should shift our hope away from earthly kings to Christ…

Apart from grace, our hearts are in an incurable condition; and apart from Christ, we would face a terrifying conclusion.