Add parallel Print Page Options

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.

Read full chapter

20 My tent(A) is destroyed;
    all its ropes are snapped.
My children are gone from me and are no more;(B)
    no one is left now to pitch my tent
    or to set up my shelter.
21 The shepherds(C) are senseless(D)
    and do not inquire of the Lord;(E)
so they do not prosper(F)
    and all their flock is scattered.(G)
22 Listen! The report is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north!(H)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,(I)
    a haunt of jackals.(J)

Read full chapter