Jeremiah 8:12-14
International Standard Version
12 Are they ashamed because they have done
what is repugnant to God?[a]
They weren’t ashamed at all;
they don’t even know how to blush!
Therefore they’ll fall with those who fall.
When I punish them, they’ll be brought down,”
says the Lord.
13 “I would have gathered them,”
declares the Lord,
“but there were no grapes on the vine,
and no figs on the fig tree,
and their leaves were withered.
What I’ve given them has been taken away.”’”
The People Respond
14 Why are we sitting here?
Join together! Let’s go to the fortified cities
and perish there!
For the Lord our God has condemned us to perish
and given us poisoned water to drink,
because we have sinned against him.[b]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:12 Lit. committed an abomination
- Jeremiah 8:14 Lit. the Lord
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