Jeremiah 10:20

Grief Discouragement and depression

¹⁸ For this is what the LORD says: “Behold, at this time I will sling out the inhabitants of the land and bring distress upon them so that they may be captured.”

¹⁹ Woe to me because of my brokenness; my wound is grievous! But I said, “This is truly my sickness, and I must bear it.”

My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.

²¹ For the shepherds have become senseless; they do not seek the LORD. Therefore they have not prospered, and all their flock is scattered.

²² Listen! The sound of a report is coming— a great commotion from the land to the north. The cities of Judah will be made a desolation, a haunt for jackals.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: My tent is destroyed, and all its ropes are snapped. My sons have departed from me and are no more. I have no one left to pitch my tent or set up my curtains.
KJV: My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
WEB: 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.
ASV: 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.
DARBY: My tent is despoiled, and all my cords are broken; my children are gone forth from me, and they are not; there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.
BLB: My tent is plundered, and all my cords are broken; my children have gone forth from me, and they are no more; there is no one stretching out my tent anymore and raising up my curtains.

ÅB: Mitt telt er ødelagt, og alle mine snorer er slitt av; mine barn har gått bort fra meg og er ikke mere; det er ingen som slår opp mitt telt mere eller henger opp mine tepper.
OTB: Mitt telt er ødelagt, og alle dets rep er brutt. Mine barn har gått fra meg og er ikke mer; det er ingen til å slå opp mitt telt eller sette opp mine gardiner.
B1930: Mitt telt er ødelagt, og alle mine snorer er slitt av; mine barn har gått bort fra mig og er ikke mere; det er ingen som slår op mitt telt mere eller henger op mine tepper.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Jeremiah 4:20
Disaster after disaster is proclaimed, for the whole land is laid waste. My tents are destroyed in an instant, my curtains in a moment.
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Jeremiah 31:15
This is what the LORD says: “A voice is heard in Ramah, mourning and great weeping, Rachel weeping for her children, and refusing to be comforted, because they are no more.”
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Isaiah 54:2
“Enlarge the site of your tent, stretch out the curtains of your dwellings, do not hold back. Lengthen your ropes and drive your stakes in deep.
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Isaiah 49:20–22
Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’
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Job 7:8
The eye that beholds me will no longer see me. You will look for me, but I will be no more.
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Lamentations 1:5
Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
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Isaiah 51:16
I have put My words in your mouth, and covered you with the shadow of My hand, to establish the heavens, to found the earth, and to say to Zion, ‘You are My people.’”
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Proverbs 12:7
The wicked are overthrown and perish, but the house of the righteous will stand.
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