Jeremiah 8:14-16

New Catholic Bible

¹⁴ Why are we just sitting idly here?
    It is time to mobilize.
Let us march into the fortified cities
    and perish there.
For the Lord, our God, has doomed us for destruction
    and given us poisoned water to drink
    because we have sinned against him.
¹⁵ We are praying for peace, but to no avail;
    for a time of healing,
    only to be confronted with terror.
¹⁶ The snorting of horses is heard from Dan;
    the neighing of his stallions
    causes the entire land to quake.
The enemy is advancing to devour the land
    and all that it contains,
    the city and those who dwell there.