Jeremiah 15:8-10

The Voice

⁸    The widows in this land will outnumber the grains of sand by the sea.
        As for the mothers of young men,
    I will send the destroyer against them at midday, when no one is expecting.
        In the blink of an eye, I will rain down terror and anguish on them.
⁹    The mother of seven suffers in her sadness;
        gasping for breath, she realizes the sun has set even while it is day.
    Alone and childless again, she is disgraced and ashamed.
        As for those who survive the first wave of violence,
    I will put them to the sword before their enemies.

So says the Eternal.

¹⁰Jeremiah: Oh, the anguish that is mine!
        If only you had not given birth to me, mother;
    I feel like a man who fights and struggles with the whole land.
        I have not lent money or borrowed from others.
    So why am I treated this way?
        Everyone is ready to curse me.