Jeremiah 15:5-9

New International Version

⁵ “Who will have pity^(A) on you, Jerusalem?
    Who will mourn for you?
    Who will stop to ask how you are?
⁶ You have rejected^(B) me,” declares the Lord.
    “You keep on backsliding.
So I will reach out^(C) and destroy you;
    I am tired of holding back.^(D)
7 I will winnow^(E) them with a winnowing fork
    at the city gates of the land.
I will bring bereavement^(F) and destruction on my people,^(G)
    for they have not changed their ways.^(H)
8 I will make their widows^(I) more numerous
    than the sand of the sea.
At midday I will bring a destroyer^(J)
    against the mothers of their young men;
suddenly I will bring down on them
    anguish and terror.^(K)
9 The mother of seven will grow faint^(L)
    and breathe her last.^(M)
Her sun will set while it is still day;
    she will be disgraced^(N) and humiliated.
I will put the survivors to the sword^(O)
    before their enemies,”^(P)
declares the Lord.