Jeremiah 8:13-15

International Children’s Bible

¹³ “‘I will take away their crops, says the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.
There will be no figs on the fig tree.
    Even the leaves will dry up and die.
I will take away what I gave them!’”

¹⁴ “Why are we just sitting here?
    Let’s get together!
We have sinned against the Lord.
    So he has given us poisoned water to drink.
Come, let’s run to the strong, walled cities.
    The Lord our God has decided that we must die.
    So let’s die there.
¹⁵ We hoped to have peace.
    But nothing good has come.
We hoped for a time when he would heal us.
    But only disaster has come!