Jeremiah
[With conviction] What would ye of me? This is no time for jesting, when blood flows and war hangs over Israel.
The First Speaker
The war is finished, and we can make merry once more.
The Second Speaker
What has become of your king from the north? Tell us, revealer, where does he tarry?
Jeremiah
What has confused your senses? Are you all mad? Can the war already be over when it is hardly begun?
Baruch
Hold no speech with them. He makes himself a mock who speaks with mockers.