Jeremiah 10:21-23

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

²¹For the shepherds are stupid,
and do not inquire of the Lord;
therefore they have not prospered,
and all their flock is scattered.

²²Hear, a noise! Listen, it is coming—
a great commotion from the land of the north
to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
a lair of jackals.

²³I know, O Lord, that the way of human beings is not in their control,
that mortals as they walk cannot direct their steps.

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