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.