1So God’s like, “Yo, bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and all their crew from the graves, for real.”

2They gonna lay them out in front of the sun, moon, and all the vibes they loved and served, but they won’t get buried; just straight trash on the ground, no cap.

3For real, death’s gonna be the pick over life for the leftovers of this messed-up fam, wherever I sent them, says the Lord of hosts.

4Plus, tell them, “God says, are they gonna fall and not get back up? Are they gonna dip and not come back?”

5Why's this squad in Jerusalem always sliding back? They’re holding onto lies and won’t come back, periodt.

6I listened up, but they weren’t speaking right: no one’s owning their bad moves, just running their own race like horses charging into battle.

7Even the storks know their times; the turtle and the crane are on point with their comings; but my peeps don’t get the Lord’s judgment, fr.

8How can you say, “We’re wise, and we got the Lord’s law with us”? Nah, he’s just flexing in vain; the scribes are just playing themselves.

9The wise ones are shook, getting wrecked and confused; they rejected the Lord’s word, so what wisdom do they even have?

10So I’m gonna hand their wives to others and give their fields away; everyone from the least to the greatest is just out here being greedy, no cap.

11They barely healed my people’s hurt, saying, “All good, all good,” when it’s really not good at all.

12Were they embarrassed about their savage moves? Nah, not at all; they won’t even blush, so they’re gonna fall with the rest when it’s time, says the Lord.

13I’m definitely gonna wipe them out, says the Lord: no grapes on the vine, no figs on the tree, and everything I gave them is gonna fade away.

14Why are we just chilling? Let’s gather up and hit the fortified cities, and just be quiet there, ‘cause the Lord has us on mute and gave us bitter water to drink for our sins.

15We were looking for peace, but nothing good came; we wanted health, but look, just trouble!

16The sound of his horses was heard from Dan; the whole land shook from the neighing of the strong ones; they came and devoured everything, even the city and its people.

17For real, I’m sending snakes and crazy creatures among you that won’t be tamed, and they’re gonna bite you, says the Lord.

18When I tried to comfort myself from the feels, my heart just feels weak, fr.

19Check it, the voice of my people crying out ‘cause of those far away: Is the Lord not in Zion? Is her king not here? Why they gotta make me mad with their idols and nonsense?

20The harvest is done, summer’s over, and we’re still not saved, fr.

21I’m hurt for my people; I’m feeling all kinds of dark; shock has taken over me, no cap.

22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no doctor out there? So why isn’t my people’s health coming back?

1At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:

2And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.

3And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.

4Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

7Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.

8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.

9The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?

10Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.

12Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.

13I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

14Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.

15We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!

16The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.

17For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.

18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.

19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?

20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.

21For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.

22Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?