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Threats of Punishment

13 I will gather them all in—oracle of the Lord:
    no grapes on the vine,
No figs on the fig trees,
    foliage withered!
Whatever I have given them is gone.
14 Why do we remain here?
    Let us assemble and flee to the fortified cities,
    where we will meet our doom;
For the Lord our God has doomed us,
    he has given us poisoned water to drink,
    because we have sinned against the Lord.(A)
15 We wait for peace to no avail;
    for a time of healing, but terror comes instead.(B)

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13 “I will (A)surely gather them up,” declares Yahweh;
“There will be (B)no grapes on the vine
And (C)no figs on the fig tree,
And the leaf will wither;
And what I have given them will pass away.”’”
14 Why are we sitting still?
(D)Gather yourselves, and let us (E)go into the fortified cities
And let us be silent there
Because Yahweh our God has silenced us
And given us [a](F)poisoned water to drink,
For (G)we have sinned against Yahweh.
15 We (H)waited for peace, but there was no good;
For a time of healing, but behold, terror!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:14 Or gall