Jeremiah 15:9-11

Good News Translation

⁹The mother who lost her seven children has fainted,
    gasping for breath.
Her daylight has turned to darkness;
    she is disgraced and sick at heart.
I will let your enemies kill
    those of you who are still alive.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Jeremiah Complains to the Lord

¹⁰What an unhappy man I am! Why did my mother bring me into the world? I have to quarrel and argue with everyone in the land. I have not lent any money or borrowed any; yet everyone curses me. ¹¹Lord, may all their curses come true if I have not served^[a] you well, if I have not pleaded with you on behalf of my enemies when they were in trouble and distress.

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