Jeremiah 8:12-14

Easy-to-Read Version

¹²They should be ashamed of the evil things they do,
    but they are not ashamed at all.
They don’t know enough to be embarrassed by their sins.
    So they will be punished with everyone else.
They will be thrown to the ground when I punish the people.’”
    This is what the Lord said.

¹³“‘I will take away their fruit and crops
so that there will be no harvest, says the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig tree.
Even the leaves will become dry and die.
I will take away the things I gave them.’”^[a]

¹⁴“They will say, ‘Why are we just sitting here?
    Come, let’s run to the strong cities.
If the Lord our God is going to make us die,
    then let’s die there.
We have sinned against the Lord,
    so he has given us poisoned water to drink.