The consequences of FAKE NEWS for Israel - and probably us as well

Yesterday, I wrote about Jeremiah 5 and 6, and its similarity to our situation. Take a look at this segment from Jeremiah 8, verses 8 through 12, and see if it doesn't sound like today's FAKE NEWS, no matter which side you think is putting OUT the fake news! If it's our government, the punishment is due to our entire nation, but even if it's just the "people" (news media, alt-left and alt-right outlets, and/or all of us who pass it on through our own social media) we still deserve His harshest punishments.

8“How can you say, ‘We are wise,
and the law of the LORD is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
has made it into a lie.
9The wise men shall be put to shame;
they shall be dismayed and taken;
      behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD,
so what wisdom is in them?
10Therefore I will give their wives to others
and their fields to conquerors,
      because from the least to the greatest
everyone is greedy for unjust gain;
      from prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
11They have healed the wound of my people lightly,
saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
12Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?
No, they were not at all ashamed;
they did not know how to blush.
      Therefore they shall fall among the fallen;
when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,
            says the LORD.

What was the result for the Israelites when they were punished? Verse 15...

15We looked for peace, but no good came;
for a time of healing, but behold, terror.


What terror will we have to face for our lying? What peace will we fail to find after our punishment? What will those punishments be that we will face as a nation, as a people, as a culture?

17For behold, I am sending among you serpents,
adders that cannot be charmed,
and they shall bite you,”
             declares the LORD.

While we may not get literal serpents sent our way, God will send us the 2017 version of His plagues as punishments for our sins - for our hubris, our lying, our belief that we are beyond the need for God. 

And we will pay for our sins as a nation.