Jeremiah 8:13-15

Contemporary English Version

¹³ I will wipe them out.^[a]
They are vines without grapes;
    fig trees without figs or leaves.
They have not done a thing
    that I told them!^[b]
I, the Lord, have spoken.

¹⁴ The people of Judah
    say to each other,
“What are we waiting for?
Let's run to a town with walls
    and die there.
We rebelled against the Lord,
and we were sentenced to die
    by drinking poison.
¹⁵ We had hoped for peace
and a time of healing,
    but all we got was terror.