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Jeremiah 9:20

Grief

18 Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

19 For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

21 For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

22 Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
KJV
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
WEB
Yet hear the LORD’s word, you women. Let your ear receive the word of his mouth. Teach your daughters wailing. Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation.
ASV
Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbor lamentation.
DARBY
Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.
BLB
Now hear, O women, the word of YHWH, and let your⁺ ear receive the word of His mouth! And teach your⁺ daughters a lamentation, and each woman her neighbor a dirge!
ÅB
Ja, hør, dere kvinner, Herrens ord, la deres øre fornemme hans munns tale, og lær deres døtre klagesang, og den ene lære den andre sørgesang!
OTB
Nå, dere kvinner, hør Herrens ord; åpne deres ører for ordene fra hans munn. Lær deres døtre å klage; lær hverandre en klagesang.
B1930
Ja, hør, I kvinner, Herrens ord, la eders øre fornemme hans munns tale, og lær eders døtre klagesang, og den ene lære den andre sørgesang!

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