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Jeremiah 8:14-22

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14Why are we sitting still?

Assemble yourselves, and let’s go into the fortified cities

And perish there,

For the Lord our God has doomed us

And given us poisoned water to drink,

Because we have sinned against the Lord.

15We waited for peace, but no good came;

For a time of healing, but behold, terror!

16From Dan there is heard the snorting of his horses;

At the sound of the neighing of his stallions

The whole land quakes;

For they come and devour the land and its fullness,

The city and its inhabitants.

17“For behold, I am sending serpents among you,

Vipers for which there is no charm;

And they will bite you,” declares the Lord.

18My sorrow is beyond healing,

My heart is faint within me!

19Behold, listen! The cry of the daughter of my people from a distant land:

“Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her King not within her?”

“Why have they provoked Me with their carved images, with foreign idols?”

20“Harvest is past, summer is over,

And we are not saved.”

21I am broken over the brokenness of the daughter of my people.

I mourn, dismay has taken hold of me.

22Is there no balm in Gilead?

Is there no physician there?

Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people been restored?