1Yahweh says, “At the time that your corpses are scattered on the ground,
2They will take out their bones from their graves and dishonor them by scattering them on the ground under the sun and the moon and the stars—
3And all the people of this wicked nation who are still alive and whom I have exiled to other countries will say,
4Yahweh said to me, “Jeremiah, tell the people that this is what I, Yahweh, am saying to them:
5Yes, they do, so why do these people of Judah continue trusting in those idols that have deceived them?
6I have listened carefully [DOU] to what they say,
7All the birds that fly south for the ◄winter/cold season► know the time that they need to fly south,
8Your men who teach you the laws that Moses wrote have been saying false things about those laws.
9Those teachers, who think that [IRO] they are wise, will be ashamed/disgraced and dismayed when they are taken to other countries by their enemies
10So, I will give their wives to other men;
11They act as though the sins of my people are not serious,
12They should be [RHQ] ashamed when they do disgusting things [RHQ],
13I will allow their enemies to take away the figs and grapes that the people would have harvested from their fields.
14Then the people will say, “◄Why should we wait here in these small towns?/We should not wait here in these small towns.► [RHQ]!
15We hoped/desired that things would go well for us,
16People far north in Israel in the city of Dan can already hear the snorting of the horses of their enemies who are preparing to attack us.
17Yahweh says, “I will send those enemy soldiers to Judah,
18I grieve very much for the people of Judah, and my grieving does not end.
19Throughout our land, the people ask,
20The people say, “The harvest season is finished, the ◄summer/hot season► has ended,
21I cry because my people have been crushed.
22I ask, “Surely there is [RHQ] medicinal balm in the Gilead region!