To Listen is to Live, Jeremiah 21-22, OT S1:E509

God's Word is truth and life, even when we don't believe it. As the Babylonians drew near to Jerusalem, Jeremiah encouraged the people to turn themselves over that they may live. This earthly mercy is a foreshadowing of God's eternal mercy shown to those who turn from sin in this life to receive life and forgiveness eternally in Christ.