Jeremiah 5:14-16

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

¹⁴ Therefore thus says the Lord, the God of hosts:
Because they^[a] have spoken this word,
I am now making my words in your mouth a fire,
    and this people wood, and the fire shall devour them.
¹⁵ I am going to bring upon you
    a nation from far away, O house of Israel,
says the Lord.
It is an enduring nation,
    it is an ancient nation,
a nation whose language you do not know,
    nor can you understand what they say.
¹⁶ Their quiver is like an open tomb;
    all of them are mighty warriors.