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Jeremiah Pleads for Vengeance

10 (A)Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me
As a (B)man of strife and a man of contention to all the land!
I have not (C)lent, nor have men lent money to me,
Yet everyone curses me.
11 Yahweh said, “Surely I will (D)set you free for purposes of good;
Surely I will cause the (E)enemy to intercede with you
In a time of disaster and a time of distress.

12 “Can anyone smash iron,
(F)Iron from the north, or bronze?

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