Jeremiah 15:10-12

The Voice

¹⁰ Jeremiah: Oh, the anguish that is mine!
        If only you had not given birth to me, mother;
    I feel like a man who fights and struggles with the whole land.
        I have not lent money or borrowed from others.
    So why am I treated this way?
        Everyone is ready to curse me.

¹¹ Eternal One (to Jeremiah): Hear me, Jeremiah:
        I will make you strong in these trying times to accomplish My good.
    I will make it so your enemies ask you to pray for them in times of disaster and suffering.

¹²     Can a man break iron that is forged in the north?
        What about bronze?^[a]