Jeremiah 4:19-22

Good News Translation

¹⁹ The pain! I can't bear the pain!
My heart! My heart is beating wildly!
I can't keep quiet;
I hear the trumpets
    and the shouts of battle.
²⁰ One disaster follows another;
    the whole country is left in ruins.
Suddenly our tents are destroyed;
    their curtains are torn to pieces.
²¹ How long must I see the battle raging
    and hear the blasts of trumpets?
²² The Lord says, “My people are stupid;
    they don't know me.
They are like foolish children;
    they have no understanding.
They are experts at doing what is evil,
    but failures at doing what is good.”