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Jeremiah complains to the Lord

10 ‘This is terrible for me!
    I am sorry, mother, that you gave birth to me.
I cause trouble and arguments
    wherever I go in the land.
I never lend money to people,
    and I do not ask them to lend money to me.
But everyone curses me anyway.’

11 The Lord said,[a]

‘I will take care of you
    so that it brings something good for you.
I will cause your enemies to ask you for help.
    They will come to you when they are in trouble.
12 Your enemy that comes from the north
    is like a weapon made from iron and bronze.
You will never break it.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:11 The Lord may be replying to Jeremiah, or he may be talking to the people of Jerusalem.