Jeremiah 4:9-11

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

⁹ “In that day, says the Lord, courage shall fail both king and princes; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.” ¹⁰ Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, surely thou hast utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you’; whereas the sword has reached their very life.”

¹¹ At that time it will be said to this people and to Jerusalem, “A hot wind from the bare heights in the desert toward the daughter of my people, not to winnow or cleanse,