Jeremiah 9:18-20

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Let them come quickly to raise a lament over us
so that our eyes may overflow with tears,
our eyelids soaked with weeping.

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For a sound of lamentation is heard from Zion:
How devastated we are.
We are greatly ashamed,^(A)
for we have abandoned the land;
our dwellings have been torn down.

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Now hear the word of the Lord, you women.
Pay attention to^(a) the word of His mouth.
Teach your daughters a lament
and one another a dirge,

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 9:20: Lit Your ears must receive

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 9:19: Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15; Jeremiah 8:12