Mourn for our farms and our vineyards! There's no wheat or barley growing in our fields.
The plants may sprout and blossom that very same morning, but it will do you no good, because you will suffer endless agony.
Judah and Jerusalem weep as the land dries up.
There is no one in Babylonia to plant or harvest crops. Even foreigners who lived there have left for their homelands, afraid of the enemy armies.
I said to the LORD, “None of us can understand why the land has become like an uncrossable desert. Won't you explain why?”
Ezekiel, son of man, tell the people of Egypt that I am saying: Cry out in despair,
This is what the LORD has sworn: Noisy crying will be heard in every town and street. Even farmers will be told to mourn for the dead, together with those who are paid to mourn.
that will never disappoint us. All this happens because God has given us the Holy Spirit, who fills our hearts with his love.