Jeremiah 10:17-25

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

¹⁹ Woe is me because of my hurt!
    My wound is severe.
But I said, “Truly this is my punishment,
    and I must bear it.”^(A)
20 My tent is destroyed,
    and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
    and they are no more;
there is no one to spread my tent again
    and to set up my curtains.^(B)
21 For the shepherds are stupid
    and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
    and all their flock is scattered.^(C)

²² Hear, a noise! Listen, it is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
    a lair of jackals.^(D)

²³ I know, O Lord, that the way of humans is not in their control,
    that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.^(E)
24 Correct me, O Lord, but in just measure;
    not in your anger, or you will bring me to nothing.^(F)

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 him and consumed him
    and have laid waste his habitation.^(G)