Jeremiah 4:23-31

There is somewhat uncommonly solemn and striking, when the Lord by his servants, as in many parts of scripture, calls upon the heavenly bodies, and the inanimate parts of nature, to lament by their appearances, the degeneracy and rebellion of his people. The weeping of the clouds, and the blushing of the sun, are strong figures to this amount. Isaiah 1:2; Deuteronomy 32:1. What a gracious and affectionate appeal, the Lord makes in the close of this Chapter. When thou art spoiled what wilt thou do? Oh! for grace, that sinners in the present hour would lay this question of the Lord's to the heart, until the same cry as the man of Tarsus issued from the heart; Lord! what wouldst thou have me to do? Acts 9:6.