13. “I shall snatch them away,” declares יהוה. “There are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf has faded. And what I gave them shall pass away from them.” ’ ”
14. Why are we sitting still? Gather yourselves, and let us go into the walled cities, and let us be silent there. For יהוה our Elohim has let us perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against יהוה.
15. We looked for peace, but there was no good; and for a time of healing, but see – fear!
16. The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan. All the land shook at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones. They came and devoured the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it.
17. “For look, I am sending among you serpents, adders, which have no enchanter, and they shall bite you,” declares יהוה.
18. When in grief I would seek comfort; my heart is sick within me.