Jeremiah 8:14-16

Good News Translation

¹⁴ “Why are we sitting still?” God's people ask. “Come on, we will run to the fortified cities and die there. The Lord our God has condemned us to die; he has given us poison to drink, because we have sinned against him. ¹⁵ We hoped for peace and a time of healing, but it was no use; terror came instead. ¹⁶ Our enemies are already in the city of Dan; we hear the snorting of their horses. The whole land trembles when their horses neigh. Our enemies have come to destroy our land and everything in it, our city and all its people.”