Jeremiah 15:7-9

New Catholic Bible

⁷ I have winnowed them with a winnowing fork
    at every city gate in the land.
I have brought bereavement and destruction on my people
    because they would not abandon their evil ways.
⁸ I have made their widows more numerous
    than the sands of the sea.
I brought a destroyer at noonday
    against the mothers of young men.
Without warning, I afflicted them
    with anguish and terror.
⁹ The mother of seven sons will grow faint
    and gasp for breath.
Her sun went down while it was still day;
    she has been shamed and disgraced.
As for the rest, I will give them to the sword
    to perish at the hands of assassins, says the Lord.