Jeremiah 16:14-21

14 “Therefore behold, the days are coming,” says the LORD, “that it shall no more be said, ‘The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of Egypt,’ 15 but, ‘The LORD lives who brought up the children of Israel from the land of the north and from all the lands where He had driven them.’ For I will bring them back into their land which I gave to their fathers.
16 “Behold, I will send for many fishermen,” says the LORD, “and they shall fish them; and afterward I will send for many hunters, and they shall hunt them from every mountain and every hill, and out of the holes of the rocks. 17 For My eyes are on all their ways; they are not hidden from My face, nor is their iniquity hidden from My eyes. 18 And first I will repay double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land; they have filled My inheritance with the carcasses of their detestable and abominable idols.”
19 O LORD, my strength and my fortress,
My refuge in the day of affliction,
The Gentiles shall come to You
From the ends of the earth and say,

“Surely our fathers have inherited lies,
Worthlessness and unprofitable things.”
20 Will a man make gods for himself,
Which are not gods?
21 “ Therefore behold, I will this once cause them to know,
I will cause them to know
My hand and My might;
And they shall know that My name is the LORD.
Jeremiah 16:14-21 NKJV

The greatest event in the history of God's people so far was God's bringing them out of slavery in Egypt under Moses. Now God promises that He will bring them back from captivity in Babylon and the other lands where they had been driven. They will speak with awe that God has brought them back from their captivity and once more set them up in the land He had given their fathers. God is pictured as sending hunters and fishermen to search out His people from every hill and mountain and hole in the rock. God will search for them wherever they have gone, to restore them to the land of promise and to restore them to a right relationship with Him. Their restoration will be so complete and so noticeable by the nations around that the Gentiles will be drawn to the restored nation of Israel. When Israel trusts in the Lord and allows God's blessings to strengthen and protect them, then people from all around would be attracted to God and realize that the false religions and false gods they had relied on were worthless and lies. Those honest souls among the enemies of God would recognize the power and goodness of God and be drawn to worship and serve Him.

Lord,
Help me to live my life today so that others may see Your love and grace and mercy. Help me to allow You to shine through me so that Your goodness and love may be seen by all who are in my vicinity. When others see me, have them see You and Your love for them. I am a poor mirror, dark and dirty. Clean me and buff me into a mirror that reflects Your character.