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So put on sackcloth, mourn, and cry
    because Yahweh’s burning anger hasn’t turned away from us.

“When that day comes,” declares Yahweh,
    “the king and the leaders will lose their courage.
    The priests will be stunned.
    The prophets will be amazed and astonished.”

10 I said, “Adonay Yahweh,
    you certainly have deceived these people and Jerusalem.
        You said that everything would go well for them,
            but a sword is held at their throats.”

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So put on sackcloth,(A)
    lament(B) and wail,
for the fierce anger(C) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “the king and the officials will lose heart,(D)
the priests will be horrified,
    and the prophets will be appalled.”(E)

10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(F) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(G) when the sword is at our throats!”

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