6. The wild donkeys stand on the bare heights,gasping for breath like jackals;Their eyes grow dim;there is no grass.
7. Even though our crimes bear witness against us,act, Lord, for your name’s sake—Even though our rebellions are many,and we have sinned against you.
8. Hope of Israel, Lord,our savior in time of need!Why should you be a stranger in the land,like a traveler stopping only for a night?
9. Why are you like someone bewildered,a champion who cannot save?You are in our midst, Lord,your name we bear:do not forsake us!
10. Thus says the Lord about this people:They so love to wanderthat they cannot restrain their feet.The Lord takes no pleasure in them;now he remembers their guilt,and will punish their sins.
11. Then the Lord said to me: Do not intercede for the well-being of this people.
12. If they fast, I will not listen to their supplication. If they sacrifice burnt offerings or grain offerings, I will take no pleasure in them. Rather, I will destroy them with the sword, famine, and plague.
13. “Ah! Lord God,” I replied, “it is the prophets who say to them, ‘You shall not see the sword; famine shall not befall you. Indeed, I will give you lasting peace in this place.’”
14. These prophets utter lies in my name, the Lord said to me: I did not send them; I gave them no command, nor did I speak to them. They prophesy to you lying visions, foolish divination, deceptions from their own imagination.