Jeremiah 10:21-23

New International Version - UK

²¹ The shepherds are senseless
    and do not enquire of the Lord;
so they do not prosper
    and all their flock is scattered.
²² Listen! The report is coming –
    a great commotion from the land of the north!
It will make the towns of Judah desolate,
    a haunt of jackals.

²³ Lord, I know that people’s lives are not their own;
    it is not for them to direct their steps.