Jeremiah 10:23-25

New Living Translation

²³ I know, Lord, that our lives are not our own.
    We are not able to plan our own course.
²⁴ So correct me, Lord, but please be gentle.
    Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
²⁵ Pour out your wrath on the nations that refuse to acknowledge you—
    on the peoples that do not call upon your name.
For they have devoured your people Israel^[a];
    they have devoured and consumed them,
    making the land a desolate wilderness.