Jeremiah 15:10-12

Easy-to-Read Version

¹⁰ Mother, I am sorry
    that you gave birth to me.
I am the one who must accuse
    and criticize the whole land.
I have not loaned or borrowed anything,
    but everyone curses me.
¹¹ Surely, Lord, I have served you well.
    In times of disaster and trouble,
    I prayed to you about my enemies.

¹² “Jeremiah, you know that no one
    can shatter a piece of iron.
I mean the kind of iron that is from the north.^[a]
    And no one can shatter a piece of bronze either.