Jeremiah 2:19 NASV

"Your own wickedness will correct you,
And your apostasies will reprove you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and bitter
For you to forsake the LORD your God,
And the dread of Me is not
in you," declares the Lord GOD of hosts. Jer. 2:19

I've heard people say and I've noticed myself that lightening doesn't strike when we/I sin. Consequences don't come right away, so we think we got by with something...or it wasn't so bad that we did such and such. Eventually, however, the truth of this passage hits and indeed there are consequences when we miss the mark. Eventually our own wickedness and turning from God corrects and reproves us just as it did with Israel.

It is for a nation to hear this and it is for us as individuals to hear this. We must fear God, which is to reverence him. We must obey God's commands recognizing they are good for us.

LORD, may we respect and revere your laws...your will...your way.