Jeremiah 10:23-25

The Voice

²³ Jeremiah: 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.
²⁵     O God, pour out Your wrath on those nations that do not acknowledge You,
        on those peoples who never call on Your name.
    For they have ravaged the land of Jacob and devoured it completely.
        They have made sure nothing is left of our land.