Haiku of disappointment
Jeremiah speaks,
tells the Lord's heartache over
God's faithless people.
Your ancestors left
me, chose worthless gods, became
worthless in themselves
I was the one who
saved you, yet none of you asked,
Where is the Lord found?
From the wilderness,
desert, drought and deep darkness
to a life-filled land.
Not priests, nor prophets
nor lawyers sought me; they all
followed after Baal
God gave them a land
full of good things, plentiful;
but they chased false gods.
Unprecedented,
outrageous! That a nation
should replace its gods.
My people left me,
the fount of living water;
and chose leaking tanks.
© Ken Rookes 2022
