Jeremiah 8:14-16

New Living Translation

¹⁴ “Then the people will say,
    ‘Why should we wait here to die?
Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there.
    For the Lord our God has decreed our destruction
and has given us a cup of poison to drink
    because we sinned against the Lord.
¹⁵ We hoped for peace, but no peace came.
    We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’

¹⁶ “The snorting of the enemies’ warhorses can be heard
    all the way from the land of Dan in the north!
The neighing of their stallions makes the whole land tremble.
    They are coming to devour the land and everything in it—
    cities and people alike.