Jeremiah 14:18-20
New International Reader's Version
18 Suppose I go into the country.
Then I see people who have been killed by swords.
Or suppose I go into the city.
Then I see people who have died of hunger.
Prophet and priest alike have gone to a land
they hadn’t known about before.’ ”
19 Lord, have you completely turned your back on Judah?
Do you hate the city of Zion?
Why have you made us suffer?
We can’t be healed.
We hoped peace would come.
But nothing good has happened to us.
We hoped we would finally be healed.
But all we got was terror.
20 Lord, we admit we’ve done evil things.
We also admit that our people of long ago were guilty.
It’s true that we’ve sinned against you.
Jeremiah 14:18-20
New International Version
18 If I go into the country,
I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”
19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(C)
Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
so that we cannot be healed?(D)
We hoped for peace
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.(E)
20 We acknowledge(F) our wickedness, Lord,
and the guilt of our ancestors;(G)
we have indeed sinned(H) against you.
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