Jeremiah 15:6-8

Contemporary English Version

⁶ My people, you abandoned me
    and walked away.
I am tired of showing mercy;
    that's why I'll destroy you
⁷ by scattering you like straw
    blown by the wind.
I will punish you with sorrow
    and death,
because you refuse
    to change your ways.
⁸ There will be more widows
    in Judah
than grains of sand on a beach.

A surprise attack at noon!
And the mothers in Jerusalem
    mourn for their children.