Jeremiah 8:13–22

^13||I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: ^hthere shall be ^ikno grapes on the vine, ^knor figs on the fig tree, and ^lthe leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. ¹⁴Why do we sit still? ^massemble yourselves, and ^mlet us enter into the defenced cities, and ⁿlet us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us ^owater of ^||gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord. ^15pWe looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of ^qhealth, and behold trouble! ^16rThe snorting of his horses was heard ^sfrom Dan: ^tthe whole land trembled at the sound of ^uthe neighing of ^vhis strong ones; for they are come, and ^vvhave devoured the land, and ^†all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein. ¹⁷For, behold, ^wI will send serpents, ^xcockatrices, among you, which will not be ^ycharmed, and ^zthey shall bite you, saith the Lord.

¹⁸When I would comfort myself against sorrow, ^amy heart is faint ^†in me. ¹⁹Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people ^†because of them that dwell in ^ca far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not ^bher king in her? Why have they ^dprovoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? ²⁰The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved. ^21eFor the hurt of ^efthe daughter of my people am I hurt; ^gI am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me. ²²Is there no ^hbalm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not ⁱthe health of ^fthe daughter of my people ^†recovered?