17 And you will say this word to them,
‘aLet my eyes flow down with tears night and day,
And let them not cease,
For the virgin bdaughter of my people has been shattered with a mighty shattering,
With a sorely csick wound.
18 If I ago out to the field,
Behold, those slain with the sword!
Or if I enter the city,
Behold, diseases of famine!
For bboth prophet and priest
Have gone around as merchants in the land that they do not know.’”
19 Have You completely arejected Judah?
Or have You loathed Zion?
Why have You stricken us so that bthere is no healing for us?
We choped for peace, but there was no good;
And for a time of healing, but behold, terror!
20 We aknow our wickedness, O Yahweh,
The iniquity of our fathers, for bwe have sinned against You.
21 Do not despise us, afor Your own name’s sake;
Do not disgrace the bthrone of Your glory;
Remember and do not break Your covenant with us.
22 Are there any among the aidols of the nations who bgive rain?
Or can the heavens give showers?
Is it not You, O Yahweh our God?
Therefore we chope in You,
For You are the one who has done all these things.