Jeremiah 6:9-12

New International Reader's Version

“People gather the few grapes left on a vine.
    So let Israel’s enemies gather the few people left alive in the land
Look carefully at the branches again.
    Do this like someone who gathers the last few grapes.”

¹⁰ Who can I speak to? Who can I warn?
    Who will even listen to me?
Their ears are closed
    so they can’t hear.
The Lord’s message displeases them.
    They don’t take any delight in it.
¹¹ But the Lord’s anger burns inside me.
    I can no longer hold it in.

The Lord says to me, “Pour out my anger on the children in the street.
    Pour it out on the young men who are gathered together.
Husband and wife alike will be caught in it.
    So will those who are very old.
¹² I will reach out my hand
    against those who live in the land,”
    announces the Lord.
“Then their houses will be turned over to others.
    So will their fields and their wives.