Jeremiah 9:21-23

Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²¹ For death has come up into our windows,
    it has entered our palaces,
cutting off the children from the streets
    and the young men from the squares.
²² Speak, “Thus says the Lord:
‘The dead bodies of men shall fall
    like dung upon the open field,
like sheaves after the reaper,
    and none shall gather them.’”