Jeremiah 15:1–9

Then said the Lord unto me, ^aThough ^bcMoses and ^bdSamuel ^astood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth. ²And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; ^eSuch as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity. ³And ^fI will appoint over them four kinds, saith the Lord: the sword to slay, and the dogs to tear, and ^gthe fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the earth, to devour and destroy. ⁴And I will cause them to be removed into all kingdoms of the earth, because of ^hManasseh the son of Hezekiah king of Judah, for that which he did in Jerusalem. ⁵For who shall have pity upon thee, O Jerusalem? or ⁱwho shall bemoan thee? or who shall go aside to ask how thou doest? ^6kThou hast forsaken me, saith the Lord, thou art ^lgone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; ^mI am weary with repenting. ⁷And I will ⁿfan them with ^oa fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave them ^pof children, I will destroy my people, sith ^qthey return not from their ways. ⁸Their widows are increased to me ^rabove the sand of the seas: I have brought upon them against the mother of the young men a spoiler ^sat noonday: I have caused him to fall upon it suddenly, and ^tterrors upon the city. ^9uShe that hath borne seven languisheth: ^vshe hath given up the ghost; ^wher sun is gone down while it was yet day: she hath been ashamed and confounded: and the residue of them will I deliver to the sword before their enemies, saith the Lord.