God is not mocked.

In that day the Lord God of hosts

called for weeping and mourning,

for baldness and wearing sackcloth;

and behold, joy and gladness,

killing oxen and slaughtering sheep,

eating flesh and drinking wine.

“Let us eat and drink,

for tomorrow we die.”

Isaiah 22:12-13

When God decreed judgment upon Jerusalem, the calloused disregard for God’s Word was so high that the leaders mocked the message. God called them to mourn and repent. Instead they fired up the barbecue and threw a raging kegger. Their mantra is hedonistic fatalism: “Eat up! Drink up! We’re dying tomorrow!” You can almost hear the mocking guffaws. God can be ignored, but He will not be mocked.

Jerusalem did fall. God’s people would be chastised for rejecting Him. The captivity would recapture their hearts in worship once again. The work of God in His judgment would bring about true repentance, renewed obedience, humble contrition, and a desire for God once more. This is a clear warning for us to take God’s Word seriously

“Do not be deceived: God is not mocked, for whatever one sows, that will he also reap. For the one who sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption, but the one who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life. And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”

Galatians 6:7-9