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14 The snow on the mountains of Lebanon
    never melts from the rocks.
Its cool, flowing streams
    do not dry up.
15 But my people have forgotten me.
    They make offerings to worthless idols.
This makes them stumble in what they do.
    They stumble about in the old ways of their ancestors.
They walk along back roads
    and on poor highways.
16 So Judah’s country will become an empty desert.
    People will not stop making fun of it.
They will shake their heads as they pass by.
    They will be shocked at how the country was destroyed.

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14 Does the snow of Lebanon
    ever vanish from its rocky slopes?
Do its cool waters from distant sources
    ever stop flowing?[a]
15 Yet my people have forgotten(A) me;
    they burn incense(B) to worthless idols,(C)
which made them stumble(D) in their ways,
    in the ancient paths.(E)
They made them walk in byways,
    on roads not built up.(F)
16 Their land will be an object of horror(G)
    and of lasting scorn;(H)
all who pass by will be appalled(I)
    and will shake their heads.(J)

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 18:14 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.