Then the LORD said unto me, “Out of the north an evil shall break forth upon all the inhabitants of the land. For, lo, I will call all the families of the kingdoms of the north,” saith the LORD; “and they shall come, and they shall set every one his throne at the entering of the gates of Jerusalem, and against all the walls thereof round about, and against all the cities of Judah. And I will utter My judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken Me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands…”
Jeremiah 1:14-16

God called a prophet out of the priesthood to warn Judah of God’s coming wrath upon them. The people of Judah; the prophets, priests, kings, and the people had turned their backs to God, and not their face.

Woe be to the people and nation, who call themselves the people of God, and turn their backs to God, and not their face.