Tears for the Nation

God had a message for His people. It was not a pleasant one. It was not a strikingly original

one. It was the same message of destruction and condemnation that had been delivered

by prophet after prophet throughout the history of God’s people, dating all the way back

to Moses. And just as the people had ignored Moses, and Samuel, and Elijah, and Joel, and

Isaiah, now they would ignore Jeremiah. But if the people of that day did not choose to

save themselves, we can. Even though the Babylonians are not threatening to uproot our

nation today, sin is as big a threat as it ever has been. Perhaps it is too much to ask for us

to save our nation – but at least we can be warned in time to save ourselves.