Jeremiah 5:12

5:12 “These people have denied what the Lord says.

They have said, ‘That is not so!

No harm will come to us.

We will not experience war and famine.

Jeremiah 8:15

8:15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it.

We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror.

Jeremiah 20:18

20:18 Why did I ever come forth from my mother’s womb?

All I experience is trouble and grief,

and I spend my days in shame.


tn Heb “have denied the Lord.” The words “What…says” are implicit in what follows.

tn Or “he will do nothing”; Heb “Not he [or it]!”

tn Heb “we will not see the sword and famine.”

tn Heb “[We hoped] for a time of healing but behold terror.”

tn Heb “Why did I come forth from the womb to see [= so that I might see] trouble and grief and that my days might be consumed in shame.”