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22 Listen! The news we’ve dreaded is finally here:
    Rumblings are being heard in the north; an army is moving into our land.
The villages of Judah will be laid to waste;
    their rubble will be the haunt of jackals.

23 Jeremiah: O Eternal One, I know our lives are in Your hands.
        It is not in us to direct our own steps—we need You.
24     Discipline me, Eternal One, but do so fairly.
        Hold back Your wrath, or I’ll be destroyed completely.

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22 Listen! The report is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north!(A)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,(B)
    a haunt of jackals.(C)

Jeremiah’s Prayer

23 Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
    it is not for them to direct their steps.(D)
24 Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure—
    not in your anger,(E)
    or you will reduce me to nothing.(F)

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