Woe is me because of my injury. My wound is severe. I said, "Truly this is my sickness, and I must bear it.

"And deliver this message to them: "Let tears run down my face, night and day, and don't let them stop, because my virgin daughter my people will be broken with a powerful blow, with a severe wound.

"For this is what the LORD says: "Your injury won't heal; your wound is severe.

Why do you cry out because of your injury? Your wound won't heal. Because your wickedness is severe, and your sins are numerous, I've done all these things to you.

By the ninth day of the fourth month the famine became so severe that there was no food for the people of the land.