Jeremiah 9:17-22

17Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider and call for the mourning women to come; Send for the wailing women to come.

18Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.

19For a sound of wailing is heard [coming] from Zion: ‘How we are ruined! We are greatly perplexed and utterly shamed, Because we have left the land, Because they have torn down our dwellings.’ ”

20Now hear the word of the Lord, O you women, And let your ear hear the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters a song of mourning, And each one [teach] her neighbor a dirge.

21For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces, Cutting off the children from the streets And the young men from the town squares.

22Speak, “Thus says the Lord, ‘The dead bodies of men will fall like dung on the open field, And like sheaves [of grain] behind the reaper, And no one will gather them.’ ”