Jer 10:17 | NET2full | STEP | “Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land , you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged .

‏ Jeremiah 10:17

Jeremiah Laments for and Prays for the People Soon to be Judged

17 “Gather your belongings together and prepare to leave the land,
you people of Jerusalem who are being besieged. ^{▼▼tn Heb “you who are living in/under siege.” The pronouns in this verse are feminine singular in Hebrew. Jerusalem is being personified as a single woman. This personification carries on down through v. 19, where she speaks in the first person. It is difficult, however, to reflect this in a meaningful translation without being somewhat paraphrastic like this.}