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Atomic Bible
Jeremiah 10:20
My tent is destroyed,
from The Coming Captivity of Judah, Jeremiah 10:17-25
What it says

The tent is destroyed, its cords are broken, the children are gone, and there is no one left to set it up again.

What it is doing

This verse pictures national collapse as a shattered household.

In context

17Gather up your belongings from this land, you who live under siege. 18For this is what the LORD says: 19Woe to me because of my brokenness; 20My tent is destroyed, 21For the shepherds have become senseless; 22Listen! The sound of a report is coming — 23I know, O LORD, that a man’s way is not his own; 24Correct me, O LORD, 25Pour out Your wrath on the nations