Jeremiah 10:18-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁸ For thus says the Lord:
    This time I am determined to cast out
    the inhabitants of this land,
and I will inflict such distress on them
    that they will find it difficult to bear.
¹⁹ I face disaster because of my injuries.
    My wounds are incurable.
However, I thought, “This is my punishment,
    and somehow I must endure it.”
²⁰ My tent has been destroyed,
    and all of its ropes are severed.
My children have left me,
    and they are no more.
No one remains to help me pitch my tent again
    or to put up its curtains.