Jeremiah 15:1-9

1Then the Lord said to me, “Even 1if 2Moses and 3Samuel were to 4stand before Me, My 5heart would not be 6with this people. 7Send them away from My presence and have them go! 2And it shall be that when they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you are to tell them, ‘This is what the Lord says: “Those destined 8for death, to death; And those destined for the sword, to the sword; And those destined for famine, to famine; And those destined for captivity, to captivity.”’ 3And I will 9appoint over them four kinds of doom,” declares the Lord: “the sword to kill, the 10dogs to drag away, and the 11birds of the sky and the animals of the earth to devour and destroy. 4I will 12make them an object of terror among all the kingdoms of the earth because of 13Manasseh, the son of Hezekiah, the king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

5“Indeed, who will have 14pity on you, Jerusalem, Or who will 15mourn for you, Or who will turn aside to ask about your welfare?6You who have 16forsaken Me,” declares the Lord, “You keep 17going backward. So I will 18stretch out My hand against you and destroy you; I am 19tired of relenting!7I will 20winnow them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will 21bereave them of children, I will destroy My people; 22They did not 23repent of their ways.8Their 24widows will be more numerous before Me Than the sand of the seas; I will bring against them, against the mother of a young man, A 25destroyer at noon; I will suddenly bring down on her Shock and horror.9She who 26gave birth to seven sons withers away; 27Her breathing is labored. Her 28sun has set while it was still day; She has been 29shamed and humiliated. So I will 30turn over their survivors to the sword Before their enemies,” declares the Lord.