Jeremiah 10:17-22

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¹⁷ Pack your bags, he says. Get ready now to leave; the siege will soon begin. ¹⁸ For suddenly I’ll fling you from this land and pour great troubles down; at last you shall feel my wrath.

¹⁹ Desperate is my wound. My grief is great. My sickness is incurable, but I must bear it. ²⁰ My home is gone; my children have been taken away, and I will never see them again. There is no one left to help me rebuild my home. ²¹ The shepherds of my people have lost their senses; they no longer follow God nor ask his will. Therefore they perish, and their flocks are scattered. ²² Listen! Hear the terrible sound of great armies coming from the north. The cities of Judah shall become dens of jackals.