Jeremiah 10:23-25
International Standard Version
Jeremiah’s Prayer
23 Lord, I know that a person’s life is not his to control,[a]
nor does a person establish his way in life.[b]
24 Lord, correct me, but with justice,
not with anger.
Otherwise, you’ll bring me to nothing.
25 Pour out your anger on the nations
that don’t acknowledge you,
and on the families that don’t call on your name.
For they have devoured Jacob;
they have devoured and consumed him;
they have devastated his habitation.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:23 Or does not belong to him
- Jeremiah 10:23 Or step as he walks
Jeremiah 10:23-25
Lexham English Bible
23 I know, O Yahweh, that to the human is not his own way,
nor to a person is the walking and the directing of his own step.
24 Chastise[a] me, O Yahweh, but in moderation,
not in your anger, lest you eradicate me.
25 Pour out your wrath on the nations that do not know you,
and on the peoples that do not call on your name,
for they have devoured Jacob,
they have devoured and consumed him,
and they have caused his settlement to be desolate.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 10:24 Or “Discipline”
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