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18 If I go out into the field,
    then look, those slain by the sword.
And if I enter the city,
    then look, the sickness of the famine.
For both prophet and priest wander around through the land,
    they do not know what is going on.’”[a]
19 Have you completely rejected Judah?
    Or has your soul[b] loathed Zion?
Why have you struck us
    so that there is no healing for us?
We hope for peace, but there is no good,
    and for a time of healing, but look, there is terror.
20 We know, O Yahweh, our wickedness,
    the iniquity of our ancestors,[c]
    for we have sinned against you.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 14:18 Literally “and not they know”
  2. Jeremiah 14:19 Or “inner self”
  3. Jeremiah 14:20 Or “fathers”

18 If I go into the country,
    I see those slain by the sword;
if I go into the city,
    I see the ravages of famine.(A)
Both prophet and priest
    have gone to a land they know not.(B)’”

19 Have you rejected Judah completely?(C)
    Do you despise Zion?
Why have you afflicted us
    so that we cannot be healed?(D)
We hoped for peace
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(E)
20 We acknowledge(F) our wickedness, Lord,
    and the guilt of our ancestors;(G)
    we have indeed sinned(H) against you.

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