Jeremiah 8:14-16

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¹⁴ “Why are we just sitting here?
    Let’s ·get [gather] together!
We have sinned against the Lord,
    so he has given us poisoned water to drink.
Come, let’s ·run [^Lgo] to the ·strong, walled [fortified] cities.
    The Lord our God has ·decided that we must die [doomed us],
    so let’s ·die [meet our doom] there.
¹⁵ We hoped to have peace,
    but ·nothing good has come [^Lthere is none].
We hoped for a time when he would heal us,
    but only terror has come.
¹⁶ From the land of Dan [^Cin the far north of Israel, the direction from which the Babylonians attacked],
    the snorting of its [^Cthe enemy’s] horses is heard.
    The ·ground [earth] shakes from the neighing of their ·large horses [stallions].
They have come and ·destroyed [^Lconsumed]
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all ·who live there [its inhabitants].”