Jeremiah 4:18-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁸ Your conduct and your evil deeds
    have brought this upon you.
How bitter is your punishment!
    It has pierced the depths of your heart.
¹⁹ How great is my anguish
    that causes me to writhe in pain!
I cannot keep silent in my agony
    as my heart beats wildly.
For I have heard the sound of the trumpet
    and that of the battle cry.
²⁰ One disaster follows upon another;
    the entire land lies in ruins.
My tents are suddenly destroyed,
    everything that offered me shelter.