Jeremiah 15:1

 Jeremiah 15:1 says, Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.  God said that the people of Judah had reached the point that no one had the power to convince Him to spare them.  He did not say that had the people honestly repented that He would not forgive them, but that someone else, even someone like Moses or Samuel, could not change His mind by pleading for them.  We cannot be saved simply by others pleading for us, but must confess our sins and accept forgiveness through faith in Jesus Christ.  Verse two adds,  And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.  God told Jeremiah that if the people asked him where they were to go that he was to tell them that some would simply die, some would be killed by the sword, some would starve, and some would be taken captive.  Verse three continues, And I will appoint over them four kinds, saith the LORD: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy.  Even in death, things were not going to be good for the people of Judah.  Verse four states, And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of Manasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem.  God said because of the sins of Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, that the people of Judah were to be scattered into all the earth.  Of course, they were not all being punished for the sins of one man I believe, but his actions were indictive of the sinful nature of all the people.  Verse five asks, For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or who shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest?  None of the other nations were going to have pity on the people of Judah or Jerusalem, and since God no longer had pity on them, then who would.  If we are not following God then there is no one who will really care for us in a way that will make a difference in our spiritual destination.  If God condemns us, then no one else can save us.  Verse six declares, Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.  God said what was about to happen to the people of Judah was because of the fact that they had forsaken Him and gone backward spiritually.  The fault was with the people and not with God.  We can never blame God if we find ourselves in a bad situation spiritually.  Verse seven adds, And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them of children, I will destroy my people, since they return not from their ways. Verse eight states, Their widows are increased to me above the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler at noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and terrors upon the city.  Judgment was coming quickly and certainly.  Even the children, the hope of the next generation, would be cut off.  Verse nine adds, She that hath borne seven languisheth: she hath given up the ghost; her sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the LORD.  Already made widows, the women would even be deprived of the protection of their sons.  When we turn our back on God and He sends His judgment, there is nowhere that we can find relief.