18. For thus says the Lord:“Behold, I will throw out at this timeThe inhabitants of the land,And will distress them,That they may find it so.”
19. Woe is me for my hurt!My wound is severe.But I say, “Truly this is an infirmity,And I must bear it.”
20. My tent is plundered,And all my cords are broken;My children have gone from me,And they are no more.There is no one to pitch my tent anymore,Or set up my curtains.
21. For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,And have not sought the Lord;Therefore they shall not prosper,And all their flocks shall be scattered.
22. Behold, the noise of the report has come,And a great commotion out of the north country,To make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of jackals.
23. O Lord, I know the way of man is not in himself;It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.