Jeremiah 14:17-19

Good News Translation

“May my eyes flow with tears day and night,
    may I never stop weeping,
for my people are deeply wounded
    and are badly hurt.
¹⁸ When I go out in the fields,
    I see the bodies of men killed in war;
when I go into the towns,
    I see people starving to death.
Prophets and priests carry on their work,
    but they don't know what they are doing.”^[a]

¹⁹ Lord, have you completely rejected Judah?
    Do you hate the people of Zion?
Why have you hurt us so badly
    that we cannot be healed?
We looked for peace, but nothing good happened;
    we hoped for healing, but terror came instead.