These are followed by the seven of comfort or reconciliation, which prepare us for the high holiday season of t'shuva. Their message is a reminder of the warm welcome we receive when we return home to Hashem. It's the three describing the disasters that befall the nation when we abandon Hashem that we are in the midst of now. This week we read the second in this series. Last week we read the first chapter of Jeremiah in which Hashem informs him that his ministry is to warn of the impending catastrophe.
Next week is the most famous of the troika.
We accompany Isaiah in his vision of the betrayal of once faithful Jerusalem resulting in its destruction. Now, though, we focus on this week's haftarah from the second chapter of Jeremiah. Before we explore its role in the calamity series, I'd like to point out that the selection also relates to the Torah reading. In the parsha, we read about the journey of the Jews in the desert. We catalogue the itinerary.