Jeremiah 10:16-20

The Portion of Jacob is not like these; For He is the Maker of everything, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance; The Lord of armies is His name.

Pick up your bundle from the ground, You who live under siege!

For this is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the land At this time, And I will cause them distress, So that they may be found.”

Woe to me, because of my injury! My wound is incurable. But I said, “This certainly is a sickness, And I must endure it.”

My tent is destroyed, And all my ropes are broken. My sons have gone from me and are no more. There is no one to stretch out my tent again Or to set up my curtains.