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12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
    No, they were not at all ashamed.
    They couldn’t blush.
Therefore they will fall among those who fall.
    In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh.

13 “‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh.
    No grapes will be on the vine,
    no figs on the fig tree,
    and the leaf will fade.
The things that I have given them
    will pass away from them.’”

14 “Why do we sit still?
    Assemble yourselves!
    Let’s enter into the fortified cities,
    and let’s be silent there;
for Yahweh our God has put us to silence,
    and given us poisoned water to drink,
    because we have sinned against Yahweh.

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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.