It is easy to be judgmental about the people Jeremiah was sent to tell that they would be killed and taken into captivity if they did not repent or just go to Babylon, build houses and live their lives for 70 years because God would then bring them back to Jerusalem. I wonder whether the United States and even the whole world is in that same current state. There seems to be an ever decreasing number of people in our society who hold to Biblical truth and morality. The societal mores of my youth we arguably pretty bad, but they are nothing compared to what they are today in terms of the acceptance of what God clearly delineates as evil throughout the Bible. It is not manifested just in things like theft, false gods, and sexual morality. What is most shocking to me is the enforcement of human tradition and non-Biblical authority even in the church. Of course, I bought into a lot of that through most of my life and I am sure my hands are not clean even now. But it is on my radar now and, by the grace of God, I propose to resist it with every fiber of my being. And exhibit charity while I am doing it.