¹⁸ If I go out into the field,
    I see those slain by the sword!
If I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of the famine!
Indeed, both prophet and priest
    ply their trade in the land,
        but they don’t know anything.’”^[a]

¹⁹ Have you completely rejected Judah?
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you struck us,
    so that there is no healing for us?
We hoped for peace, but no good came,
    for a time of healing, but there was only terror.
²⁰ We acknowledge, Lord, our wickedness,
    the guilt of our ancestors.
Indeed, we have sinned against you.