Jeremiah 5:14-17

New International Reader's Version

“The people have spoken these words.
    So my words will be like fire in your mouth.
I will make the people like wood.
    And the fire will burn them up.”

¹⁵ “People of Israel, listen to me,”
    announces the Lord.
“I am bringing against you
    a nation from far away.
It is an old nation. And it will last for a long time.
    Its people speak a language you do not know.
    You can’t understand what they are saying.
¹⁶ The bags they carry their arrows in are like an open grave.
    All their soldiers are mighty.
¹⁷ They will eat up your crops and your food.
    They will strike down your sons and daughters.
They will kill your sheep and cattle.
    They will destroy your vines and fig trees.
You trust in your cities that have high walls around them.
    But the people in them will be killed by swords.