Jeremiah 9:17-22
New King James Version
The People Mourn in Judgment
17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Consider and call for (A)the mourning women,
That they may come;
And send for skillful wailing women,
That they may come.
18 Let them make haste
And take up a wailing for us,
That (B)our eyes may run with tears,
And our eyelids gush with water.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How we are plundered!
We are greatly ashamed,
Because we have forsaken the land,
Because we have been cast out of (C)our dwellings.’ ”
20 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O women,
And let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
21 For death has come through our windows,
Has entered our palaces,
To kill off (D)the children—[a]no longer to be outside!
And the young men—[b]no longer on the streets!
22 Speak, “Thus says the Lord:
‘Even the carcasses of men shall fall (E)as refuse on the open field,
Like cuttings after the harvester,
And no one shall gather them.’ ”
Notas al pie
- Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from outside
- Jeremiah 9:21 Lit. from the square
Jeremiah 9:17-22
Authorized (King James) Version
17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts,
Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come;
and send for cunning women, that they may come:
18 and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us,
that our eyes may run down with tears,
and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
How are we spoiled!
we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land,
because our dwellings have cast us out.
20 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.
21 For death is come up into our windows,
and is entered into our palaces,
to cut off the children from without,
and the young men from the streets.
22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord,
Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field,
and as the handful after the harvestman,
and none shall gather them.
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