Jeremiah 4:16-18

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁶ Warn the nations that he is coming;
    announce to Jerusalem,
“Besiegers come from a distant land;
    they shout against the cities of Judah.
¹⁷ Like keepers of a field are they against her round about,
    because she has rebelled against me,
                says the Lord.
¹⁸ Your ways and your doings
    have brought this upon you.
This is your doom, and it is bitter;
    it has reached your very heart.”