Jeremiah 15:9-11

Complete Jewish Bible

⁹The mother of seven sons grows faint,
panting in despair;
her sun has gone down while it’s still daytime;
she is left disgraced and bewildered.
And the rest of them I will give to the sword,
to their enemies,” says Adonai.

¹⁰Woe to me, mother, that you gave me birth,
a man who is the object of strife
and controversy throughout the land!
I neither lend nor borrow,
yet all of them curse me.

¹¹Adonai said, “I promise to release you for good, I promise to make your enemies appeal to you when calamity and trouble come.

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