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

‘In that day,’ declares the Lord,
    ‘the king and the officials will lose heart,
the priests will be horrified,
    and the prophets will be appalled.’

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

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