Add parallel Print Page Options

So put on the clothes of sadness.
    Mourn and weep over what has happened.
The Lord hasn’t turned
    his great anger away from us.

“A dark day is coming,” announces the Lord.
    “The king and his officials will lose hope.
The priests will be shocked.
    And the prophets will be terrified.”

10 Then I said, “You are my Lord and King. You have completely tricked the people of Judah and Jerusalem! You have told them, ‘You will have peace and rest.’ But swords are pointed at our throats!”

Read full chapter

So put on sackcloth,(A)
    lament(B) and wail,
for the fierce anger(C) of the Lord
    has not turned away from us.

“In that day,” declares the Lord,
    “the king and the officials will lose heart,(D)
the priests will be horrified,
    and the prophets will be appalled.”(E)

10 Then I said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord! How completely you have deceived(F) this people and Jerusalem by saying, ‘You will have peace,’(G) when the sword is at our throats!”

Read full chapter