In this daily Bible reading Jeremiah prophesies God’s future judgment and destruction of Babylon. Babylon had not yet destroyed Jerusalem for turning away from God. However, God had already planned Babylon’s punishment for their arrogance and lack of mercy toward Judah.
Judah deserved their destruction. Like Judah, I believe that America will also be punished for turning away from God. America is a country that God blessed from its inception in 1776. America relied on God. It’s leaders and founders openly acknowledged and praised God. America prospered and grew strong. America became the envy of the world and today is the strongest nation in the world. However, America has turned away from God.
America officially denied God when it removed prayer from the schools. In 1962 the Supreme Court of the United States outlawed prayer in public schools. The prayer that was removed was one that simply asked God to bless the students, to bless their families, to bless their schools, and to bless America.
Since that prayer was removed, the divorce rate in America has skyrocketed. Children have turned to drugs. Suicide has increased. Sexual activities and sexual diseases in schools have dramatically increased. America is in moral decline and will soon face God’s destructive judgment. God’s instrument for punishing America may well be another nation like Babylon, which destroyed Jerusalem.