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A mother will feel very weak,
    because all her seven children have died.
It is difficult for her even to breathe.
She has lost the children that made her happy,
    while they were still young.
She will be ashamed and without honour.
I will send your enemies to kill
    any of your people who are still alive.’

That is what the Lord says.

Jeremiah complains to the Lord

10 ‘This is terrible for me!
    I am sorry, mother, that you gave birth to me.
I cause trouble and arguments
    wherever I go in the land.
I never lend money to people,
    and I do not ask them to lend money to me.
But everyone curses me anyway.’

11 The Lord said,[a]

‘I will take care of you
    so that it brings something good for you.
I will cause your enemies to ask you for help.
    They will come to you when they are in trouble.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:11 The Lord may be replying to Jeremiah, or he may be talking to the people of Jerusalem.