Jeremiah 5:17-19

Revised Geneva Translation

¹⁷ “And they shall eat your harvest and your bread. They shall devour your sons and your daughters. They shall eat up your sheep and your bullocks. They shall eat your vines and your fig trees. They shall destroy your fenced cities with the sword, in which you trusted.

¹⁸ “Nevertheless, in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not make a full end of you.

¹⁹ “And when they shall say, ‘Why does the LORD our God do these things to us?’ Then You shall answer them, “Just as you have forsaken Me and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours.