Jeremiah 4:16-18

International Standard Version

¹⁶ “Tell the nations, ‘Here they come!’^[a]
    Proclaim to Jerusalem,
‘The besieging forces are coming from a distant land.
    They cry out^[b] against the cities of Judah.
¹⁷ They have surrounded her like those guarding a field
    because they have rebelled against me,’”
        declares the Lord.
¹⁸ “Your lifestyles and your actions
    have brought these things on you.
This is your calamity—it is indeed bitter,
    for it has reached your heart!”