Jeremiah 8:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹² They should be ashamed
of the way they live,
    but they don't even blush.
And so, when I punish Judah,
they will end up on the ground,
    dead like everyone else.
¹³ I will wipe them out.^[a]
They are vines without grapes;
    fig trees without figs or leaves.
They have not done a thing
    that I told them!^[b]
I, the Lord, have spoken.

¹⁴ The people of Judah
    say to each other,
“What are we waiting for?
Let's run to a town with walls
    and die there.
We rebelled against the Lord,
and we were sentenced to die
    by drinking poison.