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Jeremiah 9:15-17
Contemporary English Version
Jeremiah 9:15-17
Contemporary English Version
15 So I, the Lord All-Powerful, the God of Israel, promise them poison to eat and drink.[a] 16 I'll scatter them in foreign countries that they and their ancestors have never even heard of. Finally, I will send enemy soldiers to kill every last one of them.
The Women Who Are Paid To Weep
17 The Lord All-Powerful said,
“Make arrangements now
for the women who are paid
to weep at funerals,[b]
especially the women
who can cry the loudest.”
Jeremiah 9:15-17
New International Version
Jeremiah 9:15-17
New International Version
15 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: “See, I will make this people eat bitter food(A) and drink poisoned water.(B) 16 I will scatter them among nations(C) that neither they nor their ancestors have known,(D) and I will pursue them with the sword(E) until I have made an end of them.”(F)
17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(G) to come;
send for the most skillful of them.
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