Verse 19

Jeremiah 9:19

New Living Translation

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19 Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair, ‘We are ruined! We are completely humiliated! We must leave our land, because our homes have been torn down.’”

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּֽי שְׁמַ֤עְנָה נָשִׁים֙ דְּבַר יְהוָ֔ה וְ/תִקַּ֥ח אָזְנְ/כֶ֖ם דְּבַר פִּ֑י/ו וְ/לַמֵּ֤דְנָה בְנֽוֹתֵי/כֶם֙ נֶ֔הִי וְ/אִשָּׁ֥ה רְעוּתָ֖/הּ קִינָֽה

English Translation

For women have heard the word of the LORD, and let your ears take in the word of my mouth, and let your daughters learn to lament, and a woman her friend a lamentation.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 If only my head were a pool of water and my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and nig... Focus ↗

2 Oh, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers’ shack in the desert. Fo... Focus ↗

3 “My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the tru... Focus ↗

4 “Beware of your neighbor! Don’t even trust your brother! For brother takes advantage of brothe... Focus ↗

5 They all fool and defraud each other; no one tells the truth. With practiced tongues they tell... Focus ↗

6 They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me,” says the LORD. Focus ↗

7 Therefore, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “See, I will melt them down in a crucib... Focus ↗

8 For their tongues shoot lies like poisoned arrows. They speak friendly words to their neighbors<b... Focus ↗

9 Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nat... Focus ↗

10 I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and... Focus ↗

11 “I will make Jerusalem into a heap of ruins,” says the LORD. “It will be a place haunted by jacka... Focus ↗

12 Who is wise enough to understand all this? Who has been instructed by the LORD and can explain it to... Focus ↗

13 The LORD replies, “This has happened because my people have abandoned my instructions; they have ref... Focus ↗

14 Instead, they have stubbornly followed their own desires and worshiped the images of Baal, as their... Focus ↗

15 So now, this is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: Look! I will fee... Focus ↗

16 I will scatter them around the world, in places they and their ancestors never heard of, and even th... Focus ↗

17 This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “Consider all this, and call for the mourners. ... Focus ↗

18 Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes. Focus ↗

19 Hear the people of Jerusalem crying in despair, ‘We are ruined! We are completely humiliated! ...

20 Listen, you women, to the words of the LORD; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your... Focus ↗

21 For death has crept in through our windows and has entered our mansions. It has killed off the... Focus ↗

22 This is what the LORD says: “Bodies will be scattered across the fields like clumps of manure,<br... Focus ↗

23 This is what the LORD says: “Don’t let the wise boast in their wisdom, or the powerful boast i... Focus ↗

24 But those who wish to boast should boast in this alone: that they truly know me and understand... Focus ↗

25 “A time is coming,” says the LORD, “when I will punish all those who are circumcised in body but not... Focus ↗

26 the Egyptians, Edomites, Ammonites, Moabites, the people who live in the desert in remote places, an... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 9 (26 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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