Tears for my people...

The call of God to Jeremiah was to prophesy, at a very young age, the doom upon his nation for its many sins.  For this he is hated by the priests and the people.  Verse 1 ends with an exclamation mark.  It is impossible to show emotion on a piece of paper, so this mark is used to indicate the utter pain and heartache of the prophet of God.  In this land, seems fit that our eyes be made for crying rather than seeing.  He weeps for the terrible loss that sin brings,  as we read in verse 1. In verse 2, he is so disgusted with the state of his people, that he longs for a place in the wilderness, sufficient enough to hide their decietfullness.  God then says, " Shall I not visit them for these things?"  I ask us today....where are the tears?  Is our day, our nation, our people so much better than they?  We that hold the truth must leave our palace of comfort; engage ourselves in the lives of "our" people, and feel the anguish of the judgement of God that is forth coming.