Jeremiah 10:22-24

The Voice

²²Listen! The news we’ve dreaded is finally here:
Rumblings are being heard in the north; an army is moving into our land.
The villages of Judah will be laid to waste;
their rubble will be the haunt of jackals.

²³Jeremiah: O Eternal One, I know our lives are in Your hands.
        It is not in us to direct our own steps—we need You.
²⁴    Discipline me, Eternal One, but do so fairly.
        Hold back Your wrath, or I’ll be destroyed completely.

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