Jeremiah 15:6-8

International Standard Version

⁶ You have deserted me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep going backward.
I’ll reach out my hand and destroy you.
    I’m tired of showing compassion.
⁷ I’ll winnow^[a] them with a winnowing fork
    in the gates of the land.
I’ll make them childless.
    I’ll destroy my people,
        for they didn’t change their ways.
⁸ I’ll make their^[b] widows more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At noontime I’ll send a destroyer
    against the mother^[c] of a young man.
I’ll cause terror and anguish
    to come to her unexpectedly.