Jeremiah 8:14–15

14 Why are we sitting here?

Gather together!

Let us flee to the fortified cities

and perish there!

For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish

and given us poisoned water to drink,

because we have sinned against him.

15 We hoped for peace

but no good has come,

for a time of healing

but there is only terror.

14 Why do we sit still?

Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities

and perish there,

for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish

and has given us poisoned water to drink,

because we have sinned against the Lord.

15 We looked for peace, but no good came;

for a time of healing, but behold, terror.

14 “Then the people will say,

‘Why should we wait here to die?

Come, let’s go to the fortified towns and die there.

For the Lord our God has decreed our destruction

and has given us a cup of poison to drink

because we sinned against the Lord.

15 We hoped for peace, but no peace came.

We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’

14 “Why do we sit still?

Assemble yourselves,

And let us enter the fortified cities,

And let us be silent there.

For the Lord our God has put us to silence

And given us water of gall to drink,

Because we have sinned against the Lord.

15 “We looked for peace, but no good came;

And for a time of health, and there was trouble!

14 “Why are we just sitting here?

Let’s get together!

We have sinned against the Lord,

so he has given us poisoned water to drink.

Come, let’s run to the strong, walled cities.

The Lord our God has decided that we must die,

so let’s die there.

15 We hoped to have peace,

but nothing good has come.

We hoped for a time when he would heal us,

but only terror has come.

14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah. 15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!

14 Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fenced cities, and let us be silent there: for Jehovah our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Jehovah. 15 Peace is looked for, and there is no good; a time of healing, and behold, terror.

14 Why are we just sitting here? Let’s get up! 

Let’s go into the fortified cities and die there. 

The Lord our God has condemned us to die. 

He has given us poison to drink 

because we have sinned against the Lord. 

15 We hoped for peace, but nothing good has happened. 

We hoped for a time of healing, but there’s only terror. 

14 Why are we just sitting here?

Gather together; let us enter the fortified cities

and perish there,

for the Lord our God has destroyed us.

He has given us poisoned water to drink,

because we have sinned against the Lord.

15 We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good;

for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

14 Why do we sit still?

Gather together; let us go into the fortified cities

and perish there,

for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish

and has given us poisoned water to drink

because we have sinned against the Lord.

15 We look for peace but find no good,

for a time of healing, but there is terror instead.

14 Why are we sitting?

Gather, and let us go into the fortified cities,

and let us perish there,

for Yahweh our God has caused us to perish,

and has provided drink for us, water of poison,

because we have sinned against Yahweh.

15 We hope for peace,

but there is no good,

for a time of healing,

but there is terror.

14 Why are we sitting here?

Let’s gather together!

Let’s run to the cities that have high walls around them!

Let’s die there!

The Lord our God has sentenced us to death.

He has given us poisoned water to drink.

That’s because we’ve sinned against him.

15 We hoped peace would come.

But nothing good has happened to us.

We hoped we would finally be healed.

But all we got was terror.

14 Why are we sitting still?

Assemble yourselves, and let us go into the fortified cities

And let us perish there,

Because the Lord our God has doomed us

And given us poisoned water to drink,

For we have sinned against the Lord.

15 We waited for peace, but no good came;

For a time of healing, but behold, terror!