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18 I said,

‘I am very sad and upset.
    I will never get better again.
19 Listen to my dear people!
    They are calling out for help everywhere in the land.
They are saying, “Is the Lord still with us in Zion?
    Is he still there to rule us as our King?” ’

The Lord replies,

‘They worship images of false gods.
    and useless foreign idols.
That has made me very angry.’

20 The people say,

‘We have taken in all our crops from the fields.
    The summer has finished.
And still nobody has rescued us.’

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18 You who are my Comforter[a] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(A) within me.
19 Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:(B)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King(C) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused(D) my anger with their images,
    with their worthless(E) foreign idols?”(F)

20 “The harvest is past,
    the summer has ended,
    and we are not saved.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.