Jeremiah 8:18-9:1

Contemporary English Version

I hear the Lord reply,
“Why did you make me angry
    by worshiping useless idols?”

²⁰ The people complain,
“Spring and summer
    have come and gone,
but still the Lord
    hasn't rescued us.”

²¹ My people are crushed,
and so is my heart.
    I am horrified and mourn.
²² If medicine and doctors
may be found in Gilead,
    why aren't my people healed?

9 I wish that my eyes
    were fountains of tears,
so I could cry day and night
for my people
    who were killed.