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Jeremiah 9:19-21
New King James Version
Jeremiah 9:19-21
New King James Version
19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How we are plundered!
We are greatly ashamed,
Because we have forsaken the land,
Because we have been cast out of (A)our dwellings.’ ”
20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O women,
And let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
21 For death has come through our windows,
Has entered our palaces,
To kill off (B)the children—[a]no longer to be outside!
And the young men—[b]no longer on the streets!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from outside
- Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from the square
Jeremiah 9:19-21
New International Version
Jeremiah 9:19-21
New International Version
19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How ruined(A) we are!
How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
because our houses are in ruins.’”
20 Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord;
open your ears to the words of his mouth.(B)
Teach your daughters how to wail;
teach one another a lament.(C)
21 Death has climbed in through our windows(D)
and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
and the young men(E) from the public squares.
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