²⁰ Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord;
    open your ears to the words of his mouth.^(A)
Teach your daughters how to wail;
    teach one another a lament.^(B)

²¹ Death has climbed in through our windows^(A)
    and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
    and the young men^(B) from the public squares.