Jeremiah 15:7-9

Good News Translation

⁷ In every town in the land
    I threw you to the wind like straw.
I destroyed you, my people,
    I killed your children
    because you did not stop your evil ways.
⁸ There are more widows in your land
    than grains of sand by the sea.
I killed your young men in their prime
    and made their mothers suffer.
I suddenly struck them
    with anguish and terror.
⁹ The mother who lost her seven children has fainted,
    gasping for breath.
Her daylight has turned to darkness;
    she is disgraced and sick at heart.
I will let your enemies kill
    those of you who are still alive.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”