Hungry Heart

Sad Joy

Hopeless but not Hopeless

In full:
For thus says the Lord:
Your hurt is incurable,
 and your wound is grievous.
There is none to uphold your cause,
 no medicine for your wound,
 no healing for you.
All your lovers have forgotten you;
 they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of an enemy,
 the punishment of a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
 because your sins are flagrant.
Why do you cry out over your hurt?
 Your pain is incurable.
Because your guilt is great,
 because your sins are flagrant,
 I have done these things to you.
Therefore all who devour you shall be devoured,
 and all your foes, every one of them,
shall go into captivity;
those who plunder you shall be plundered,
 and all who prey on you I will make a prey.
For I will restore health to you,
 and your wounds I will heal,
declares the Lord
—Jeremiah 30: 12—17