Jeremiah 16:16-21

16But now I will send enemies to catch these people. They will catch them like fishermen catch fish. They will chase after them like hunters who catch wild animals. They will find them everywhere in the mountains, in the hills and in holes in the rocks.

17I am watching them carefully all the time. They cannot hide from me. I can see all their sins.

18I will punish them for their sins. I will make them pay twice for the wrong things that they have done. That is because they have spoiled my land. They have made it unclean with their disgusting idols that have no life. They have filled my special land with the evil things that they have done.’

19Lord, you give me strength. You are the safe place where I can hide. When I am in trouble, I can run to you and be safe. People will come from nations all over the earth, to give you honour. They will say, ‘Our ancestors worshipped false gods. Those gods were useless and they could not help us.

20Can people make gods for themselves? If they make them, they are not really gods.’

21‘So I, the Lord, will teach these people about my great power. Then they will understand that I am the Lord, the true God.’