Jeremiah 10:20

Old Testament Major Prophet ASV (1901)

My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

Jeremiah 10:20 — American Standard Version

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Context — Jeremiah 10

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17Gather up thy wares out of the land, O thou that abidest in the siege.

18For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time, and will distress them, that they may feel [it].

19Woe is me because of my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is [my] grief, and I must bear it.

20My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

21For the shepherds are become brutish, and have not inquired of Jehovah: therefore they have not prospered, and all their flocks are scattered.

22The voice of tidings, behold, it cometh, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah a desolation, a dwelling-place of jackals.

23O Jehovah, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

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