Jeremiah had told the wayward nation to return to their heavenly Father, but their badness had reached the point where God had to let Jerusalem and Judah be destroyed.
1: 1, 16; 3: 6.) Jeremija bija aicinājis savus nepaklausīgos tautiešus atgriezties pie debesu Tēva, taču viņi savā ļaunumā bija aizgājuši tik tālu, ka Dievs ļāva izpostīt Jeruzālemi un Jūdeju.