23 I know, Lord, that (A)a person’s way is not in himself,
(B)Nor is it in a person who walks to direct his steps.
24 (C)Correct me, Lord, but with justice;
Not with Your anger, or You will [a]bring me to nothing.
25 (D)Pour out Your wrath on the nations that (E)do not know You,
And on the families who (F)do not call upon Your name;
For they have devoured Jacob;
They have (G)devoured him and consumed him,
And have laid waste his [b]settlement.

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Notas al pie

  1. Jeremiah 10:24 Lit diminish me
  2. Jeremiah 10:25 Or pasture

Jeremiah’s Prayer

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.

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Notas al pie

  1. 10:25 Hebrew devoured Jacob. See note on 5:20.