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12 Are 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.” ’ ”

14 Why 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.

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12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame(A) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,(B)
says the Lord.(C)

13 “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.(D)
There will be no figs(E) on the tree,
    and their leaves will wither.(F)
What I have given them
    will be taken(G) from them.[a]’”

14 Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities(H)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water(I) to drink,
    because we have sinned(J) against him.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.