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17 Gather your bundle from the ground,
    you who live under the siege.’”

18 For thus says Yahweh,

“Look, I am about to sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time,
    and I will bring distress to them, so that they may feel it.”

The Nation Accepts Its Judgment

19 Woe to me, because of my wound.
    My wound is incurable.
But I said, “Surely this is my sickness,
    and I must bear it.”
20 My tent is devastated,
    and all my tent cords are torn.
My children have gone out from me,
    and they are not.
There is no one who pitches my tent again,
    or one who puts up my tent curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become stupid,
    they do not seek Yahweh.
Therefore[a] they do not have insight,
    and all of their flock are scattered.
22 Listen, news:[b]
Look, it is coming,
    a great roar from the land of the north,
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
    a lair of jackals.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 10:21 Literally “Unto thus”
  2. Jeremiah 10:22 Or “a report”

Coming Destruction

17 Gather up your belongings(A) to leave the land,
    you who live under siege.
18 For this is what the Lord says:
    “At this time I will hurl(B) out
    those who live in this land;
I will bring distress(C) on them
    so that they may be captured.”

19 Woe to me because of my injury!
    My wound(D) is incurable!
Yet I said to myself,
    “This is my sickness, and I must endure(E) it.”
20 My tent(F) is destroyed;
    all its ropes are snapped.
My children are gone from me and are no more;(G)
    no one is left now to pitch my tent
    or to set up my shelter.
21 The shepherds(H) are senseless(I)
    and do not inquire of the Lord;(J)
so they do not prosper(K)
    and all their flock is scattered.(L)
22 Listen! The report is coming—
    a great commotion from the land of the north!(M)
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,(N)
    a haunt of jackals.(O)

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