Jeremiah 8:12-14
EasyEnglish Bible
12 They are not ashamed of the disgusting things that they do.
They do not even know what shame is.
They have forgotten how to be ashamed.
So they will fall to the ground,
as other people have fallen.
When I punish them,
that will be the end of them.’
That is what the Lord says.
13 The Lord says,
‘I will take away the crops from their fields.’
‘No figs or grapes will grow on their trees.[a]
The leaves on their trees will dry up and die.
All the good things that I gave to them will disappear.’
14 The people say:
‘We should not sit here and do nothing.
We must all go together into our strong cities.
If we have to die, we will die there!
The Lord our God has said that we must die.
We have done bad things against him.
He has decided to punish us with death.
He has given us water to drink that has poison in it.
Footnotes
- 8:13 Figs and grapes are valuable fruits that people eat.
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