The Future Exile:

10:17–18 The oracle addresses those who live under siege. It is not clear whether they are presently under siege (either in 597 [more likely] or 586 B.C.), that is, the inhabitants of Jerusalem at the point when the Babylonian armies surround their city, or whether Jeremiah is addressing them prophetically as those who will be under siege in the future. In any case the message is clear; the siege will end badly. God (“I”) will hurl them out of the land. The verb hurl denotes an angry, violent action.

10:19–22 At this point Jeremiah speaks a woe oracle. It appears that the first person speaker is Jeremiah, but the prophet is here representative of the people of God. The speaker is injured with an incurable wound. The reference to the destroyed tent is indicative of the destr…