14  Why do we sit still?

^tGather together; ^tlet us go into the fortified cities

and perish there,

for the Lord our God has doomed us to perish

and has ^ugiven us ^vpoisoned water to drink,

because we have sinned against the Lord.

7  “Though our iniquities testify against us,

act, O Lord, ^hfor your name’s sake;

ⁱfor our backslidings are many;

^jwe have sinned against you.