Jeremiah 4:16-18

Good News Translation

¹⁶ They have come to warn the nations and to tell Jerusalem that enemies are coming from a country far away. These enemies will shout against the cities of Judah ¹⁷ and will surround Jerusalem like men guarding a field, because her people have rebelled against the Lord. The Lord has spoken.

¹⁸ Judah, you have brought this on yourself by the way you have lived and by the things you have done. Your sin has caused this suffering; it has stabbed you through the heart.