Jeremiah 17:3-5

Contemporary English Version

³ So I'll take everything you own,
    including your altars,
and give it all
    to your enemies.^[a]
4 You will lose^[b] the land
    that I gave you,
and I will make you slaves
    in a foreign country,
because you have made my anger
blaze up like a fire
    that won't stop burning.

⁵ I, the Lord, have put a curse
on those who turn from me
    and trust in human strength.