Jeremiah 15:2–9

2 And it shall be, if they say to you, ‘Where should we go?’ then you shall tell them, ‘Thus says the Lord:

d“Such 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 ecaptivity, to the captivity.” ’

3 “And I will fappoint over them four forms of destruction,” says the Lord: “the sword to slay, the dogs to drag, gthe birds of the heavens and the beasts of the earth to devour and destroy. 4 I will hand them over to htrouble, to all kingdoms of the earth, because of iManasseh the son of Hezekiah, king of Judah, for what he did in Jerusalem.

5 “For who will have pity on you, O Jerusalem?

Or who will bemoan you?

Or who will turn aside to ask how you are doing?

6 jYou have forsaken Me,” says the Lord,

“You have kgone backward.

Therefore I will stretch out My hand against you and destroy you;

lI am 2weary of relenting!

7 And I will winnow them with a winnowing fan in the gates of the land;

I will mbereave them of children;

I will destroy My people,

Since they ndo not return from their ways.

8 Their widows will be increased to Me more than the sand of the seas;

I will bring against them,

Against the mother of the young men,

A plunderer at noonday;

I will cause anguish and terror to fall on them osuddenly.

9 “She planguishes who has borne seven;

She has breathed her last;

qHer sun has gone down

While it was yet day;

She has been ashamed and confounded.

And the remnant of them I will deliver to the sword

Before their enemies,” says the Lord.