Jeremiah 21:12-14

Contemporary English Version

¹²Each new day, make sure
that justice is done,
and rescue those
who are being robbed.
Or else my anger will flame up
like a fire that never goes out.

¹³Jerusalem,
    from your mountaintop
you look out over the valleys^[a]
    and think you are safe.
But I, the Lord, am angry,
¹⁴and I will punish you
    as you deserve.
I'll set your palace^[b] on fire,
and everything around you
    will go up in smoke.

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Footnotes

21.13 Jerusalem … valleys: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
21.14 your palace: The Hebrew text has “the forest”; the largest room in the king's palace was known as Forest Hall (see 1 Kings 7.2,3).