jeremiah (possible author of the book) shares the detailed account of the of Jerusalem and the gruesome demise of the city and its people. the book starts with mourning and sorrow.. then a powerful acknowledgement of God's goodness and His love.. and then repentance of sin. the people of Judah are being punished because of their deliberate disobedience and repeated rebellion against God, completely breaking their covenant with Him.. and God needs to discipline them to bring their hearts back to Him before they fully ruin themselves. He lets them suffer the consequences of their own choices to forsake God... but we see that God never forsakes them. we abandon God but He never abandons us - why? because of Christ. God forsakes Christ, He releases all his wrath and full punishment onto Christ, which is why God would never need to abandon or forsake us... even when we sin all the time. so... although the israelites are so disobdienet, God gives them mercy by letting them suffer for a time but uses that to bring them back to Him to experience full restoration. that's His grace.
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