Who remembers and mourns for those destroyed by a wicked nation? Who weeps for the fallen, the downtrodden, and abused? Whose eyes are fountains of tears for the slain of Israel? God.
Oh, that my head were waters, And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people! (Jeremiah 9:1)
Has God ever sought an escape from your nation? A strange idea to some, but one with a clear scriptural principle at its foundation. God spoke to Israel and said that He would dwell with them (Deuteronomy 14), but then God wanted a dwelling place in the wilderness, an escape from this nation, a place of solace where travelers would lodge, but where no one from Israel dwelt.
Oh, that I had in the wilderness A lodging place for travelers; That I might leave my people, And go from them! (Jeremiah 9:2)
What could make God want an escape from those whom He once sought? Has God changed? Does He no longer love these people? No. The people changed. The nation became corrupt. The people that were once defined by holiness, purity and loveliness bathed themselves in sin.
For they are all adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men. And like their bow they have bent their tongues for lies. (Jeremiah 9:2-3)
Wickedness is all the rage today. America, like Israel of old, has bent its tongues for lies. Religion is ancient fables. God a myth. Morality relative. Evil has become excellent. Abomination is overwhelmingly popular. What is good is whatever the majority approves in the most recent opinion poll. This quotation has been synonymous with American culture for far too many generations:
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth. For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me, says the Lord. (Jeremiah 9:3)
