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Jeremiah 8:13-15
Contemporary English Version
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.
The People and Their Punishment
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.
Jeremiah 8:13-15
New International Version
Jeremiah 8:13-15
New International Version
13 “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine.(A)
There will be no figs(B) on the tree,
and their leaves will wither.(C)
What I have given them
will be taken(D) from them.[a]’”
14 Why are we sitting here?
Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities(E)
and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
and given us poisoned water(F) to drink,
because we have sinned(G) against him.
15 We hoped for peace(H)
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.(I)
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
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