Jeremiah 8:13-15

Expanded Bible

¹³ “‘I will ·take away their crops [^Lgather them; or bring an end to them], says the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine
and no figs on the fig tree.
    Even the leaves will dry up.
I will take away what I gave them.’”

¹⁴ “Why are we just sitting here?
    Let’s ·get [gather] together!
We have sinned against the Lord,
    so he has given us poisoned water to drink.
Come, let’s ·run [^Lgo] to the ·strong, walled [fortified] cities.
    The Lord our God has ·decided that we must die [doomed us],
    so let’s ·die [meet our doom] there.
¹⁵ We hoped to have peace,
    but ·nothing good has come [^Lthere is none].
We hoped for a time when he would heal us,
    but only terror has come.