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13 I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [a]the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us [b]be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath [c]put us to silence, and given us water of [d]gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah. 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

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  1. Jeremiah 8:13 Or, I have appointed them those that shall pass over them
  2. Jeremiah 8:14 Or, perish
  3. Jeremiah 8:14 Or, caused us to perish
  4. Jeremiah 8:14 Or, poison. See Dt. 29:18.