Jeremiah 8:13-15

Easy-to-Read Version

¹³ “‘I will take away their fruit and crops
    so that there will be no harvest, says the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine and no figs on the fig tree.
    Even the leaves will become dry and die.
I will take away the things I gave them.’”^[a]

¹⁴ “They will say, ‘Why are we just sitting here?
    Come, let’s run to the strong cities.
If the Lord our God is going to make us die,
    then let’s die there.
We have sinned against the Lord,
    so he has given us poisoned water to drink.
¹⁵ We hoped to have peace,
    but nothing good has come.
We hoped that he would forgive us,
    but only disaster has come.