Jeremiah 14:16-18

The Voice

¹⁶And those foolish enough to listen to their prophecies will be tossed into the streets of Jerusalem, weakened by famine, victims of war. They will die, and there will be no one to bury them, their wives, their sons, or their daughters because I will pour out their own evil upon them.

¹⁷God told me to speak these words to them:

Jeremiah: May my eyes fill with tears day and night.
    Let me not stop crying for what I see:
        for my tender virgin daughter—my people—
    Has suffered a crushing blow.
        I see her now with a serious, gaping wound.
¹⁸    If I go to the countryside, I see the bodies of those cut down in war;
        if I walk into the city, I see the misery brought on by famine.
    And yet the prophets and priests go about their business in blissful ignorance,
        unaware of what they are doing.