Jeremiah 4:19-22

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁹ My anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain!
    Oh, the walls of my heart!
My heart is beating wildly;
    I cannot keep silent;
for I^[a] hear the sound of the trumpet,
    the alarm of war.
²⁰ Disaster overtakes disaster,
    the whole land is laid waste.
Suddenly my tents are destroyed,
    my curtains in a moment.
²¹ How long must I see the standard,
    and hear the sound of the trumpet?
²² “For my people are foolish,
    they do not know me;
they are stupid children,
    they have no understanding.
They are skilled in doing evil,
    but do not know how to do good.”