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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”

17 Gather up your wares out of the land,
    you who live under siege.
18 For Yahweh says,
    “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time,
    and will distress them, that they may feel it.”
19 Woe is me because of my injury!
    My wound is serious;
but I said,
    “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”
20 My tent has been destroyed,
    and all my cords are broken.
My children have gone away from me, and they are no more.
    There is no one to spread my tent any more,
    to set up my curtains.
21 For the shepherds have become brutish,
    and have not inquired of Yahweh.
Therefore they have not prospered,
    and all their flocks have scattered.
22 The voice of news, behold, it comes,
    and a great commotion out of the north country,
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
    a dwelling place of jackals.

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