Jeremiah 15:1-3

Common English Bible

Lamenting Jerusalem’s dire circumstances

15 The Lord said to me: Even if Moses and Samuel stood before me, I wouldn’t change my mind about these people. Send them away from me. Let them go! ² And if they say, “Go where?” tell them, This is what the Lord proclaims:

³ I will appoint over them four agents^[a] of death, declares the Lord: soldiers to kill, dogs to drag off, and vultures and wild animals to devour and destroy.