Jeremiah 15:9-11

The Voice

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.

¹¹Eternal One (to Jeremiah): Hear me, Jeremiah:
I will make you strong in these trying times to accomplish My good.
I will make it so your enemies ask you to pray for them in times of disaster and suffering.

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