Jeremiah 15:6-8

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⁶ Jerusalem, you left me.”
    This message is from the Lord.
“Again and again you left me!
    So I will punish and destroy you.
    I am tired of holding back your punishment.
⁷ I will separate the people of Judah with my pitchfork.^[a]
    I will scatter them at the city gates of the land.
My people have not changed,
    so I will destroy them.
    I will take away their children.
⁸ Many women will lose their husbands.
    There will be more widows than there is sand in the sea.
I will bring a destroyer at noontime.
    The destroyer will attack the mothers of the young men of Judah.
I will bring pain and fear on the people of Judah.
    I will make this happen very quickly.