Jeremiah 9:12-22

12WhoH4310 is the 1wiseH2450 manH376 that may understandH995 thisH2088? And who is he to whomH834 2the mouthH6310 of the LordH3068 has spokenH1696, that he may declareH5046 it? 3WhyH5921H4100 is the landH776 ruinedH6, laidH5327 wasteH5327 like a desertH4057, soH4480H1097 that noH1097 oneH1097 passesH5674 throughH5674? 13The LordH3068 saidH559, “BecauseH5921 they have 4forsakenH5800 My lawH8451 whichH834 I setH5414 beforeH6440 them, and have not obeyedH8085 My voiceH6963 norH3808 walkedH1980 according to it, 14but have 5walkedH1980 afterH310 the stubbornnessH8307 of their heartH3820 and afterH310 the 6BaalsH1168, as their 7fathersH1 taughtH3925 them,” 15thereforeH3651 thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, “beholdH2009, 8I will feedH398 them, thisH2088 peopleH5971, with wormwoodH3939 and giveH8248 them 9poisonedH7219 waterH4325 to drinkH8248. 16I will 10scatterH6327 them among the nationsH1471, whomH834 neitherH3808 they norH3808 their fathersH1 have knownH3045; and I will sendH7971 the 11swordH2719 afterH310 them untilH5704 I have annihilatedH3615 them.”

17ThusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, “ConsiderH995 and callH7121 for the 12mourningH6969 womenH6969, that they may comeH935; And sendH7971 for the 1314wailingH2450 womenH2450, that they may comeH935!18Let them makeH4116 hasteH4116 and takeH5375 up a wailingH5092 for us, That our 15eyesH5869 may shedH3381 tearsH1832 And our eyelidsH6079 flowH5140 with waterH4325.19For a voiceH6963 of 16wailingH5092 is heardH8085 from ZionH6726, ‘17HowH349 are we ruinedH7703! We are putH954 to greatH3966 shameH954, For we have 18leftH5800 the landH776, BecauseH3588 they have castH7993 downH7993 our dwellingsH4908.’”20NowH3588 hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LordH3068, O you 19womenH802, And let your earH241 receiveH3947 the wordH1697 of His mouthH6310; TeachH3925 your daughtersH1323 wailingH5092, And everyoneH802 her neighborH7468 a dirgeH7015.21For 20deathH4194 has comeH5927 up through our windowsH2474; It has enteredH935 our palacesH759 To cutH3772 offH3772 the 21childrenH5768 from the streetsH2351, The youngH970 menH970 from the townH7339 squaresH7339.22SpeakH1696, “ThusH3541 saysH5002 the LordH3068, ‘The corpsesH5038 of menH120 will fallH5307 22like dungH1828 on the openH6440 fieldH7704, And like the sheafH5995 afterH4480H310 the reaperH7114, But noH369 oneH369 will gatherH622 them.’”