Jeremiah 10:17-22
English Standard Version
17 (A)Gather up your bundle from the ground,
O you who dwell under siege!
18 For thus says the Lord:
(B)“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
at this time,
(C)and I will bring distress on them,
that they may feel it.”
19 Woe is me because of my hurt!
(D)My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
and I must bear it.”
20 (E)My tent is destroyed,
and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
(F)and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
and (G)to set up my curtains.
21 (H)For the shepherds (I)are stupid
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
(J)and all their flock is scattered.
22 A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
(K)a great commotion out of the north country
to make (L)the cities of Judah a desolation,
(M)a lair of jackals.
Jeremiah 10:17-22
Lexham English Bible
17 Gather your bundle from the ground,
you who live under the siege.’”
18 For thus says Yahweh,
“Look, I am about to sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time,
and I will bring distress to them, so that they may feel it.”
The Nation Accepts Its Judgment
19 Woe to me, because of my wound.
My wound is incurable.
But I said, “Surely this is my sickness,
and I must bear it.”
20 My tent is devastated,
and all my tent cords are torn.
My children have gone out from me,
and they are not.
There is no one who pitches my tent again,
or one who puts up my tent curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become stupid,
they do not seek Yahweh.
Therefore[a] they do not have insight,
and all of their flock are scattered.
22 Listen, news:[b]
Look, it is coming,
a great roar from the land of the north,
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
a lair of jackals.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:21 Literally “Unto thus”
- Jeremiah 10:22 Or “a report”
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