I am badly injured and in constant pain. Are you going to disappoint me, like a stream that goes dry in the heat of summer?
We are like streams and lakes after the water has gone;
Job also argues that God considers him a liar and that he is suffering severely in spite of his innocence.
and I am in deep distress. How long will it be?
Have you rejected Judah, LORD? Do you hate Jerusalem? Why did you strike down Judah with a fatal wound? We had hoped for peace and a time of healing, but all we got was terror.
Rulers send their servants to the storage pits for water. But there's none to be found; they return in despair with their jars still empty.
Why did I have to be born? Was it just to suffer and die in shame?
You tricked me, LORD, and I was really fooled. You are stronger than I am, and you have defeated me. People never stop sneering and insulting me.
The LORD said: My people, you are wounded and near death.
Now you will have to give a going-away gift to Moresheth. Israel's kings will discover that they cannot trust the town of Achzib.
The nation is fatally wounded. Judah is doomed. Jerusalem will fall.