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Jeremiah 10:17-25
Common English Bible
Jeremiah 10:17-25
Common English Bible
Get ready for exile!
17 Pack your bags and get ready to leave,
you who live under siege.[a]
18 The Lord proclaims:
I’m going to eject those who live in the land at this time;
I will badger them until they leave.[b]
19 How terrible for me, due to my injury;
my wound is terrible.
Yet I said to myself:
This is my sickness,
and I must bear it.
20 But now my tent is destroyed;
all its ropes are cut,
and my children are gone for good.
There’s no one left to set up my tent frame
and to attach the fabric.
21 The shepherd kings have lost their senses
and don’t seek answers from the Lord.
That is why they have failed
and their flock is scattered.
22 Listen! The sound is getting louder,
a mighty uproar from the land of the north;
it will reduce the towns of Judah to ruins,
a den for wild dogs.
23 I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own,
that we’re not able to direct our paths.
24 So correct me, Lord, but with justice,
not in your anger,
or else you will reduce me to nothing.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations
that ignore you
and on the people
who don’t call on you,
since they have devoured Jacob;
they have devoured him completely
and ruined his country.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:17 Heb uncertain
- Jeremiah 10:18 Or find it
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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