Jeremiah 4:19-22

Jeremiah is very upset

19 I am so upset!

My body is shaking with pain.

My heart beats hard inside me.

I cannot keep still.

I cannot keep quiet.

I have heard the noise of the enemy's trumpets

and the shouts of their soldiers.

20 They are winning one battle after another!

They are destroying the whole land.

Our homes are becoming heaps of stones.

They quickly knock down our tents.

21 How long will our enemy continue to attack us?

How long will I see their flags and hear their trumpets?

22 The Lord says,

‘My people are fools.

They do not know me.

They are like children who do not know anything.

They understand nothing.

They are very clever at doing evil things.

But they do not know how to do what is good.’