Jeremiah 8:14
Why are we just sitting here?
What it says
The people ask why they sit still and call one another into fortified cities to perish there, since the LORD has doomed them and given them poisoned water.
What it is doing
This verse opens their response with fearful recognition of judgment.
In context
14Why are we just sitting here? 15We hoped for peace, 16The snorting of enemy horses 17“For behold, I will send snakes among you,