God's Word To Cities In Crisis

9 Listen! The Lord is calling to the city—
    and to fear your name is wisdom—
    “Heed the rod and the One who appointed it.[b]
10 Am I still to forget your ill-gotten treasures, you wicked house,
    and the short ephah,[c] which is accursed?
11 Shall I acquit someone with dishonest scales,
    with a bag of false weights?
12 Your rich people are violent;
    your inhabitants are liars
    and their tongues speak deceitfully.
13 Therefore, I have begun to destroy you,
    to ruin[d] you because of your sins.
14 You will eat but not be satisfied;
    your stomach will still be empty.[e]
You will store up but save nothing,
    because what you save[f] I will give to the sword.
15 You will plant but not harvest;
    you will press olives but not use the oil,
    you will crush grapes but not drink the wine.

(Micah 6: 9-15 NIV)

How appropriate are these words to our times!

Heed the word of God!

Repent and turn to God!

Hear the rod!

Nearly all the preaching and counseling that I see coming from the Christian clergy, in the midst of the Corona Virus and widespread civil disturbance, lacks a call on sinners to repent and does not give warning.