21 A voice is heard on the (A)bare heights,
The weeping, the pleading of the sons of Israel.
Because they have perverted their way,
They have (B)forgotten the Lord their God.

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17 This is what the Lord of armies says:

“Consider and call for the (A)mourning women, that they may come;
And send for the [a](B)skillful women, that they may come!
18 Have them hurry and take up a wailing for us,
So that our (C)eyes may shed tears,
And our eyelids flow with water.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:17 I.e., professional mourners

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