17 You will say this word to them,
(A)Let my eyes stream down tears night and day,
And let them not cease;
For the virgin (B)daughter of my people has been crushed with a mighty blow,
With a sorely (C)infected wound.
18 If I (D)go out to the country,
There are those killed by the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
There are diseases from famine!
For (E)both prophet and priest
Have wandered around in the land that they do not know.’”

19 Have You completely (F)rejected Judah?
Or have [a]You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that we (G)are beyond healing?
We (H)waited for peace, but nothing good came;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:19 Lit Your soul

Bible Gateway Recommends