Jeremiah 14:7-9

Although our ^ainiquities answer against us,

O Yahweh, act ^bfor Your name’s sake!

Truly our ^cacts of faithlessness have been many;

We have ^dsinned against You.

O ^aHope of Israel,

Its ^bSavior in ^ctime of distress,

Why are You like a sojourner in the land

Or like a traveler who has pitched his tent to lodge for the night?

Why are You like a man confused,

Like a mighty man who ^acannot save?

Yet ^bYou are in our midst, O Yahweh,

And we are ^ccalled by Your name;

Do not leave us!”

Jeremiah 2:23-25

“^aHow can you say, ‘I am not defiled;

I have not walked after the ^bBaals’?

Look at your way in the ^cvalley!

Know what you have done!

You are a swift young camel ^dentangling her ways,

A ^awild donkey accustomed to the wilderness,

That sniffs the wind in her passion.

In the time of her ¹heat who can turn her away?

All who seek her will not become weary;

In her month they will find her.

Keep your feet from being barefoot

And your throat from thirst;

But you said, ‘^aIt is ¹hopeless!

No! For I have ^bloved strangers,

And after them I will walk.’