So he used suffering to humble them; they stumbled and no one helped them up.

I am so starved my knees shake; I have turned into skin and bones.

The young men perform menial labor; boys stagger from their labor.

When evil men attack me to devour my flesh, when my adversaries and enemies attack me, they stumble and fall.

But even the swiftest cannot get away. Even the strongest cannot escape. There in the north by the Euphrates River they stumble and fall in defeat.

The nations will hear of your devastating defeat. your cries of distress will echo throughout the earth. In the panic of their flight one soldier will trip over another and both of them will fall down defeated.”

How dare you claim the Lord’s authority to prophesy such things! How dare you claim his authority to prophesy that this temple will become like Shiloh and that this city will become an uninhabited ruin!” Then all the people crowded around Jeremiah.