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Jeremiah 9:21-23
International Standard Version
Jeremiah 9:21-23
International Standard Version
21 For death comes up through our windows;
it has come into our palaces
to eliminate children from the streets
and young men from the town squares.
22 Speak! ‘This is what the Lord says:
“The corpses of people will fall like dung
on the surface of the field,
and like a row of cut grain behind
the harvester when there is no one to gather it.”’”
True Wisdom and the Coming Judgment
23 This is what the Lord says: “The wise man is not to boast in his wisdom; the strong man is not to boast in his strength; and the rich man is not to boast in his riches.
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Jeremiah 9:21-23
New International Version
Jeremiah 9:21-23
New International Version
21 Death has climbed in through our windows(A)
and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
and the young men(B) from the public squares.
22 Say, “This is what the Lord declares:
“‘Dead bodies will lie
like dung(C) on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
with no one to gather them.’”
23 This is what the Lord says:
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