Jeremiah 10:17-22

17Gather up your bundle from the ground, O you who dwell under siege!

18For thus says the Lord: "Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and I will bring distress on them, that they may feel it."

19Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous. But I said, "Truly this is an affliction, and I must bear it."

20My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone from me, and they are not; there is no one to spread my tent again and to set up my curtains.

21For the shepherds are stupid and do not inquire of the Lord; therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

22A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!— a great commotion out of the north country to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.