Jeremiah 10:17-22

International Standard Version

“I’m going to throw out the inhabitants
    of the land at this time,
and I’ll bring distress on them
    so they’ll experience^[c] it.”

¹⁹ Woe is me because of my injury.
    My wound is severe.
I said, “Truly this is my sickness,
    and I must bear it.
²⁰ My tent is destroyed,
    and all my tent cords are broken.
My sons have gone away from me,
    they no longer live.
There is no one to pitch my tent again
    and set up my curtains.
²¹ Because the shepherds are stupid^[d]
    and don’t seek^[e] the Lord,
therefore, they don’t prosper,
    and their flock is scattered.
²² The sound of a report, it’s coming now!
    There is a great commotion from a land in the north
to make the towns of Judah desolate,
    a refuge for jackals.”