God had promised that He would judge idolatry most severely (Leviticus 26:31-33; Deuteronomy 28:49-68), and Jeremiah was warning Judah that God’s judgment was at hand. God had delivered Judah from destruction on countless occasions, but His mercy was at its end. Jeremiah records King Nebuchadnezzar conquering Judah and making it subject to him (Jeremiah 24:1).
Mungu alikuwa ameokoa Yuda kutokana na uharibifu mara kadhaa, lakini huruma yake ilikuwa katika mwisho wake. Yeremia anarekodi mfalme Nebukadreza kuwa ataitawala Yuda na kuifanya iwe chini yake (Yeremia 24: 1). Baada ya uasi zaidi, Mungu akaleta Nebukadreza na majeshi ya Babeli kuharibu na kutia ukiwa/uzuni katika Yuda na Yerusalemu (Yeremia sura ya 52).