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Jeremiah 10:20

World English Bible

My tent has been destroyed,
and all my cords are broken.
My children have gone away from me, and they are no more.
There is no one to spread my tent any more,
to set up my curtains.

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Jeremiah 10:20 in other translations

My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

Jeremiah 10:20 · American Standard Version

Jeremiah 10:20 in context

  1. 18For Yahweh says,
    “Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this time,
    and will distress them, that they may feel it.”
  2. 19Woe is me because of my injury!
    My wound is serious;
    but I said,
    “Truly this is my grief, and I must bear it.”
  3. 20My tent has been destroyed,
    and all my cords are broken.
    My children have gone away from me, and they are no more.
    There is no one to spread my tent any more,
    to set up my curtains.
  4. 21For the shepherds have become brutish,
    and have not inquired of Yahweh.
    Therefore they have not prospered,
    and all their flocks have scattered.
  5. 22The voice of news, behold, it comes,
    and a great commotion out of the north country,
    to make the cities of Judah a desolation,
    a dwelling place of jackals.