Jer 14:18, Lam 4:4-5, 9 | ESV | STEP | If I go out into the field , behold , those pierced by the sword ! And if I enter the city , behold , the diseases of famine ! For both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land and have no knowledge .

Jeremiah 14:18

18 ^aIf I go out into the field,
behold, those pierced by the sword!
^bAnd if I enter the city,
behold, the diseases of famine!
^cFor both prophet and priest ply their trade through the land
and have no knowledge.’”

Lamentations 4:4-5

4 The tongue of the nursing infant ^dsticks
to the roof of its mouth for thirst;
^ethe children beg for food,
but no one gives to them.
5 Those who once feasted on delicacies
perish in the streets;
^fthose who were brought up in purple
embrace ash heaps.

Lamentations 4:9

9 Happier were the victims of the sword
than the victims of hunger,
who wasted away, pierced
by lack of the fruits of the field.