(a) God called Jeremiah to deliver or save the people of Israel. The sins of Israel were revealed by Jeremiah who pointed out that punishment was inevitable. He urged them to repent from their sins or else God would invoke His punishment on them. The people were reminded by God through Jeremiah of His past favours and he charged them with faithlessness to their first love as shown by their adultery. The priests, the rulers and the prophets were all alike. They compromised the worship of God with the worship of Baal. The priests concerned themselves more with gains than with worship and the prophets also became corrupted by the general idolatry and immorality in the land. Because of this, punishment was inevitable and Judah would not be saved. Despite its tight security, Judah would be desolated as a punishment for rebellion and faithlessness.

(b) What Jeremiah would like to condemn in present day Nigeria include:
(i) The Nigerian society is full of vices such as nepotism, bribery and corruption, religious immorality and all sorts of ills that characterised the social and economic sphere of Judah then.
(ii) The religious leaders of present day Nigeria are not faithful just as we had during the time of Jeremiah. They worship money as against the true worshipping of God.
(iii) The proliferation of churches in the country today would have attracted Jeremiah's attention and total condemnation.