"Not one is upright" is the title of Jeremiah 5 in the NIV. It talks of not a single citizen of Israel is righteous. God is upset and fed up wih them for their unfaithfulness. So in v 10, he says "to ravage them, but do not destroy them completely." I think about the times when I have been unfaithful to God. When things are going well in my life, I forget to make God a part of my daily life. Suddenly, I'll get sick and I can't go to work. At home and in bed or on the sofa, I would read my bible or just pray. I don't think that God punished me with the flu, but since I wasn't reading the bible and praying on my own, he allowed me to be in a position where I am forced to spend time with him.
To punish the people of Israel, he brought foreigners to their own land and take everything they have to send them a strong message so that they will turn towards him and away from the foreign Gods.
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