Jeremiah 14:18-20

Modern English Version

¹⁸ If I go out into the field,
    I see those slain with the sword!
And if I enter the city,
    I see those who are sick with famine!
Indeed, both the prophet and the priest
    go about into a land that they do not know.

¹⁹ Have You utterly rejected Judah?
    Has Your soul loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us
    so that there is no healing for us?
We looked for peace,
    but there was nothing good;
and for the time of healing,
    but there is trouble!
²⁰ We acknowledge, O Lord, our wickedness
    and the iniquity of our fathers,
    for we have sinned against You.