16. Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob,for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.
17. Gather up your bundle from the ground,O you who dwell under siege!
18. For thus says the Lord: “Behold, I am slinging out the inhabitants of the landat this time, and I will bring distress on them,that they may feel it.”
19. Woe is me because of my hurt! My wound is grievous.But I said, “Truly this is an affliction,and I must bear it.”
20. My tent is destroyed,and all my cords are broken;my children have gone from me, and they are not;there is no one to spread my tent againand to set up my curtains.
21. For the shepherds are stupidand do not inquire of the Lord;therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.
22. A voice, a rumor! Behold, it comes!— a great commotion out of the north countryto make the cities of Judah a desolation, a lair of jackals.
23. I know, O Lord, that the way of man is not in himself,that it is not in man who walks to direct his steps.
24. Correct me, O Lord, but in justice;not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.