Jeremiah 10:17-25

171Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who live under siege!18For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am 2slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And I will cause them distress, So that they may 3be found.”

194Woe to me, because of my 5injury! My 6wound is incurable. But I said, “This certainly is a sickness, And I 7must endure it.”20My 8tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken. My 9sons have gone from me and are no more. There is 10no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.21For the shepherds have become stupid And 11have not sought the Lord. Therefore they have not prospered, And 12all their flock is scattered.22The sound of a 13report! Behold, it is coming-- A great roar 14from the land of the north-- To 15make the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals.

23I know, Lord, that 16a person’s way is not in himself, 17Nor is it in a person who walks to direct his steps.2418Correct me, Lord, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will 19bring me to nothing.2520Pour out Your wrath on the nations that 21do not know You, And on the families who 22do not call upon Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have 23devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his 24settlement.