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11 I am as full of anger as you are, Lord,[a]
I am tired of trying to hold it in.”

The Lord answered,[b]

“Vent it, then,[c] on the children who play in the street
and on the young men who are gathered together.
Husbands and wives are to be included,[d]
as well as the old and those who are advanced in years.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 6:11 tn Heb “I am full of the wrath of the Lord.”
  2. Jeremiah 6:11 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the words that follow. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
  3. Jeremiah 6:11 tn Heb “Pour it out.”
  4. Jeremiah 6:11 tn Heb “are to be captured.”

11 But I am full of the wrath(A) of the Lord,
    and I cannot hold it in.(B)

“Pour it out on the children in the street
    and on the young men(C) gathered together;
both husband and wife will be caught in it,
    and the old, those weighed down with years.(D)

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