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Jeremiah 10:17-25
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah 10:17-25
New American Standard Bible
17 (A)Pick up your bundle from the ground,
You who live under siege!
18 For this is what the Lord says:
“Behold, I am (B)slinging out the inhabitants of the land
At this time,
And I will cause them distress,
So that they may [a]be found.”
19 (C)Woe to me, because of my [b]injury!
My (D)wound is incurable.
But I said, “This certainly is a sickness,
And I (E)must endure it.”
20 My (F)tent is destroyed,
And all my ropes are broken.
My (G)sons have gone from me and are no more.
There is (H)no one to stretch out my tent again
Or to set up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become stupid
And (I)have not sought the Lord.
Therefore they have not prospered,
And (J)all their flock is scattered.
22 The sound of a (K)report! Behold, it is coming—
A great roar (L)from the land of the north—
To (M)make the cities of Judah
A desolation, a haunt of jackals.
23 I know, Lord, that (N)a person’s way is not in himself,
(O)Nor is it in a person who walks to direct his steps.
24 (P)Correct me, Lord, but with justice;
Not with Your anger, or You will [c]bring me to nothing.
25 (Q)Pour out Your wrath on the nations that (R)do not know You,
And on the families who (S)do not call upon Your name;
For they have devoured Jacob;
They have (T)devoured him and consumed him,
And have laid waste his [d]settlement.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:18 Lit find
- Jeremiah 10:19 Lit breaking
- Jeremiah 10:24 Lit diminish me
- Jeremiah 10:25 Or pasture
Jeremiah 10:17-25
New International Version
Jeremiah 10:17-25
New International Version
Coming Destruction
17 Gather up your belongings(A) to leave the land,
you who live under siege.
18 For this is what the Lord says:
“At this time I will hurl(B) out
those who live in this land;
I will bring distress(C) on them
so that they may be captured.”
19 Woe to me because of my injury!
My wound(D) is incurable!
Yet I said to myself,
“This is my sickness, and I must endure(E) it.”
20 My tent(F) is destroyed;
all its ropes are snapped.
My children are gone from me and are no more;(G)
no one is left now to pitch my tent
or to set up my shelter.
21 The shepherds(H) are senseless(I)
and do not inquire of the Lord;(J)
so they do not prosper(K)
and all their flock is scattered.(L)
22 Listen! The report is coming—
a great commotion from the land of the north!(M)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,(N)
a haunt of jackals.(O)
Jeremiah’s Prayer
23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
it is not for them to direct their steps.(P)
24 Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—
not in your anger,(Q)
or you will reduce me to nothing.(R)
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations(S)
that do not acknowledge you,
on the peoples who do not call on your name.(T)
For they have devoured(U) Jacob;
they have devoured him completely
and destroyed his homeland.(V)
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