Jeremiah 10:21-23

New International Reader's Version

²¹ The leaders of my people are like shepherds
    who don’t have any sense.
    They don’t ask the Lord for advice.
That’s why they don’t succeed.
    And that’s why their whole flock
    is scattered like sheep.
²² Listen! A message is coming!
    I hear the sound of a great army
    marching down from the north!
It will turn Judah’s towns into a desert.
    They will become a home for wild dogs.

²³ Lord, I know that a person doesn’t control their own life.
    They don’t direct their own steps.