Jeremiah 6:14-16

Contemporary English Version

^14 (A) All they ever offer
to my deeply wounded people
    are empty hopes for peace.
¹⁵ They should be ashamed
of their disgusting sins,
    but they don't even blush.
And so, when I punish Judah,
they will end up on the ground,
    dead like everyone else.
I, the Lord, have spoken.

My people, when you stood
    at the crossroads,
I told you, “Follow the road
    your ancestors took,
and you will find peace.”
    But you refused.