Jeremiah 4:8-10

Revised Standard Version

⁸For this gird you with sackcloth,
lament and wail;
for the fierce anger of the Lord
has not turned back from us.”

⁹“In that day, says the Lord, courage shall fail both king and princes; the priests shall be appalled and the prophets astounded.” ¹⁰Then I said, “Ah, Lord God, surely thou hast utterly deceived this people and Jerusalem, saying, ‘It shall be well with you’; whereas the sword has reached their very life.”

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