Jeremiah 8:13–17

13 “ ‘I will take away their harvest,

declares the Lord.

There will be no grapes on the vine.g

There will be no figsh on the tree,

and their leaves will wither.i

What I have given them

will be takenj from them.a’ ”

14 Why are we sitting here?

Gather together!

Let us flee to the fortified citiesk

and perish there!

For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish

and given us poisoned waterl to drink,

because we have sinnedm against him.

15 We hoped for peacen

but no good has come,

for a time of healing

but there is only terror.o

16 The snorting of the enemy’s horsesp

is heard from Dan;q

at the neighing of their stallions

the whole land trembles.r

They have come to devours

the land and everything in it,

the city and all who live there.

17 “See, I will send venomous snakest among you,

vipers that cannot be charmed,u

and they will bite you,”

declares the Lord.