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18 If I go out into the field,
    then, behold, the slain with the sword!
If I enter into the city,
    then, behold, those who are sick with famine!
For both the prophet and the priest go about in the land,
    and have no knowledge.’”

19 Have you utterly rejected Judah?
    Has your soul loathed Zion?
Why have you struck us, and there is no healing for us?
    We looked for peace, but no good came;
    and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
20 We acknowledge, Yahweh, our wickedness,
    and the iniquity of our fathers;
    for we have sinned against you.

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