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Jeremiah 9:10-21

10ForthemountainswillItakeupweepingandwailing,andforthepasturesofthewilderness,alamentation;fortheyareburntup,sothatnone passeth throughthem;andthevoiceofthecattleisnot heard. Boththefowloftheheavensandthebeastsarefled;theyaregone.

11AndIwillmakeJerusalem heaps,adwelling-placeofjackals;andIwillmakethecitiesofJudahadesolation,withoutinhabitant.

12Whoisawise man,thathemayunderstandthis?andhetowhomthemouthofJehovahhathspoken,thathemaydeclareit?Whyisthelandperished, burntuplikeawilderness,sothatnonepasseththrough?

13AndJehovah saith,BecausetheyhaveforsakenmylawwhichIsetbeforethem,andhavenot hearkened untomyvoice, nor walkedinit,

14buthavewalked afterthestubbornnessoftheirown heart,andaftertheBaals,astheirfathers taughtthem;

15thereforethussaith Jehovahofhosts,theGodofIsrael,Behold,Iwillfeedthispeoplewithwormwood,andgivethemwaterofgalltodrink,

16andwillscatterthemamongthenations,whomneithertheynortheirfathershaveknown;andIwillsendH7971theswordafterthem, tillIhaveconsumedthem.

17Thus saith Jehovahofhosts:Consider,andcallforthemourning women,thattheymaycomeH3381,andsendfortheskilful women,thattheymaycomeH3381;

18andletthemmakeH8085haste,andtakeupawailingH5092forus,thatoureyesmayrundownwithtears,andoureyelids pourforthwaters.

19ForavoiceofwailingH5092isheardH8085outofZion,Howarewespoiled, sorelyputtoshame!Forwehaveforsakentheland,fortheyhavecastdownourdwellings.

20HearthenthewordofJehovah, ye women,andletyourear receivethewordofhismouth,andteachyourdaughters wailing,andeachonehercompanion lamentation.

21Fordeathiscomeupthroughourwindows,isenteredintoourpalaces,tocutoffthechildrenfromthestreet,theyoungmenH120fromthebroadways.

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