²⁷ “You [^CJeremiah] will tell all these ·things [words] to them [^Cthe people of Judah], but they will not listen to you. You will ·call [preach; proclaim] to them, but they will not answer you. ²⁸ So say to them, ‘This is the nation that has not ·obeyed [^Llistened to the voice of] the Lord its God. These people do ·nothing when I correct them [^Lnot accept the discipline/instruction]. ·They do not tell the truth [^LThe truth perishes]; it ·has disappeared from their lips [^Lis cut off from their mouths].

The Valley of Killing

²⁹ “‘Cut off your hair [^Cthe Hebrew phrase suggests a Nazirite vow and thus consecrated hair; Num. 6:5] and throw it away. Go up to the bare hilltop [3:2] and ·cry out [lament], because the Lord has rejected these people. He has turned his back on ·them, and in his anger will punish them [^Lthe generation that enrages him].