Jeremiah 4:8-10 Contemporary English Version Anglicised (CEVUK00)

8. Then I saidto the people of Israel,“Put on sackcloth!Mourn and cry out,‘The Lord is still angrywith us.’ ”

9. The Lord said,“When all this happens,the king and his officials,the prophets and the priestswill be shocked and terrified.”

10. I said, “You are the Lord God. So why have you fooled everyone, especially the people of Jerusalem? Why did you promise peace, when a knife is at our throats?”

Jeremiah 4