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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17 (A)Gather up your bundle from the ground,
    O you who dwell under siege!
18 For thus says the Lord:
(B)“Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land
    at this time,
(C)and I will bring distress on them,
    that they may feel it.”

19 Woe is me because of my hurt!
    (D)My wound is grievous.
But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,
    and I must bear it.”
20 (E)My tent is destroyed,
    and all my cords are broken;
my children have gone from me,
    (F)and they are not;
there is no one to spread my tent again
    and (G)to set up my curtains.
21 (H)For the shepherds (I)are stupid
    and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
    (J)and all their flock is scattered.

22 A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!—
    (K)a great commotion out of the north country
to make (L)the cities of Judah a desolation,
    (M)a lair of jackals.

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