And (Elijah) fixed his gaze and stared at (Hazael), until (Hazael) was embarrassed. And the man of God wept. ~ 2 Kings 8:11
When hard truth is shared with someone, the heart of the person being spoken to can become hardened and their emotions stony. The tendency is toward self-preservation; guard the conscience and protect against outside opposing forces (physical or verbal). It is a difficult situation not to have an emotional response, but this response is often focused on personal perspective. When it comes to the judgment of God upon the sins of a person, the reaction is often defensiveness by the accused person.
What about God's heart for the matter at hand?
We see it here in our narrative: "And the man of God wept."
This is God's holy love on vivid display.
It grieves the heart of God that sin exists, yet God is just in His judgment and perfect in His actions of bringing His love to bear upon the situation. And ultimately, God has brought His perfect judgment to reconcile sinful humanity with His perfect holiness by the death, burial, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus Christ. This is personally applied to one's life through faith in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord of one's life...
...and then this is demonstrated through the "holy tears" that fall over the brokenness in our world, as Greg Morse, a teacher with Desiring God Ministry, described it powerfully at the conclusion of one of his talks:
"Let us all pray for holy tears. Not for their own sake, not to make a vain show that draws attention to ourselves, or tries to manipulate. But let us seek life, full life, abundant life in Christ — a life fully alive, fully awake, fully compassionate within a cursed world of evil times and immortal souls. Lord, raise a generation of lionhearted men and women for Christ who serve you with all their hearts and minds and souls and strength — and tears."
Living, serving, and seeking God's heart with you, sometimes with moist eyes,
~ Pastor Sean and Tess
PS - For an inspiring perspective on weeping over the brokenness in our world, check out this article by John Piper called "Holy Tears".