Jeremiah 10:21-23

Good News Translation

²¹ I answered, “Our leaders are stupid;
    they do not ask the Lord for guidance.
This is why they have failed,
    and our people have been scattered.
²² Listen! News has come!
    There is a great commotion in a nation to the north;
its army will turn the cities of Judah into a desert,
    a place where jackals live.”

²³ Lord, I know that none of us are in charge of our own destiny;
    none of us have control over our own life.