Day 160: March 28, 2026 – Jeremiah 13-17

There just seems to be a lot of bad news in these chapters, especially if you call yourself an Israelite. Granted they deserved all that they got according to Scripture, but Jeremiah is not one who was there to preach rainbows and unicorns. It is quite the opposite, he is to let them know that not only did they sin so their land would be thrown down and taken over, but also the future generations were to have the sin of their ancestors written with ink upon them and they were to carry that sin for generations to come. Maybe it would be like a tattoo that would never come off and be a part of their lives forever.

Without a doubt the sins of past generations do come hard upon the future generations when we talk about current day. And it is not just the sin of the past, but the sins committed against your people do to this day have an impact on generational wealth, or generational stability today. This is definitely something that we see written on ink in certain demographic groups. For example, I was shocked when I went to West Virginia and the generational assumption that everyone would be receiving benefits from the government because it was simply easier to do it that way than to try to break the mold. That is generational.