Jeremiah 8:12-14

New International Reader's Version

¹²Are they ashamed of their hateful actions?
    No. They do not feel any shame at all.
    They do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall like others who have already fallen.
    They will be brought down when I punish them,”
    says the Lord.

¹³“ ‘ “I will take away their harvest,”
    announces the Lord.
    “There will not be any grapes on the vines.
The trees will not bear any figs.
    The leaves on the trees will dry up.
What I have given my people
    will be taken away from them.” ’ ”

¹⁴Why are we sitting here?
    Let’s gather together!
Let’s run to the cities that have high walls around them!
    Let’s die there!
The Lord our God has sentenced us to death.
    He has given us poisoned water to drink.
    That’s because we’ve sinned against him.