Weep day and night. Jeremiah used to suffer because he foresaw people being tortured and killed, and others bound and walking to captivity.

This is, the prophet knew that the nation was on the verge of destruction, but no one had the discernment to understand this.

The chosen people had abandoned their devotion and fear of the Lord and had sunk into the pleasures of sin, such as idolatry and immoralities. Although God called Israel to repentance again and again, the nation remained inflexible in their evil ways