Jeremiah 8:13

I will surely consume then, &c.— I was about to gather them, saith the Lord, but there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree; and the leaves themselves have faded: they have dissipated those things which I gave them. Houb. Instead of, And the things, &c. we may read, And what strength there is in them, shall pass away, &c.