Jeremiah 9:17-21
Mourning over Judah
17 This is what the Lord of Hosts says:
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Let them come quickly to raise a lament over us
so that our eyes may overflow with tears,
our eyelids soaked with weeping.
19 so that our eyes may overflow with tears,
our eyelids soaked with weeping.
For a sound of lamentation is heard from Zion:
How devastated we are.
We are greatly ashamed,(B)
for we have abandoned the land;
our dwellings have been torn down.
How devastated we are.
We are greatly ashamed,(B)
for we have abandoned the land;
our dwellings have been torn down.
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Now hear the word of the Lord, you women.
Pay attention to(a) the word of His mouth.
Teach your daughters a lament
and one another a dirge,
21 Pay attention to(a) the word of His mouth.
Teach your daughters a lament
and one another a dirge,
for Death(C) has climbed through our windows;
it has entered our fortresses,
cutting off children from the streets,
young men from the squares.
it has entered our fortresses,
cutting off children from the streets,
young men from the squares.
Footnotes:
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Jeremiah 9:20: Lit Your ears must receive