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You have left me,” declares Yahweh.
    “You have turned your back on me.
        So I will use my power against you and destroy you.
    I’m tired of showing compassion to you.

“I will separate them with a winnowing[a] shovel at the city gates.
    I will make them childless.
    I will destroy my people because they will not change their ways.
Their widows will be more numerous
    than the grains of sand on the seashore.
    At noontime I will send a destroyer against the mothers of young men.
    I will suddenly bring anguish and terror to them.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 15:7 Winnowing is the process of separating husks from grain.

You have rejected(A) me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep on backsliding.
So I will reach out(B) and destroy you;
    I am tired of holding back.(C)
I will winnow(D) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement(E) and destruction on my people,(F)
    for they have not changed their ways.(G)
I will make their widows(H) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer(I)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.(J)

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