Verse 20

Jeremiah 9:20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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20 Hear therefore, ye women, the word of the Lord: and let your ears receive the word of his mouth: and teach your daughters wailing: and every one her neighbor mourning.

Original Language Text

hebrew

כִּֽי עָ֤לָה מָ֨וֶת֙ בְּ/חַלּוֹנֵ֔י/נוּ בָּ֖א בְּ/אַרְמְנוֹתֵ֑י/נוּ לְ/הַכְרִ֤ית עוֹלָל֙ מִ/ח֔וּץ בַּחוּרִ֖ים מֵ/רְחֹבֽוֹת

English Translation

For death has risen in our windows, has come into our palaces to cut off the infants from outside, from the streets.

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Chapter 9 Context

1 Who will give water to my head, and a fountain of tears to my eyes? and I will weep day and night fo... Focus ↗

2 Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I will leave my people, and... Focus ↗

3 And they have bent their tongue, as a bow, for lies, and not for truth: they have strengthened thems... Focus ↗

4 Let every man take heed of his neighbor, and let his not trust in any brother of his: for every brot... Focus ↗

5 And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tong... Focus ↗

6 Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: Through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lor... Focus ↗

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will melt, and try them: for what else shall I do b... Focus ↗

8 Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his... Focus ↗

9 Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul be revenged on such a... Focus ↗

10 For the mountains I will take up weeping and lamentation, and for the beautiful places of the desert... Focus ↗

11 And I will make Jerusalem to be heaps of sand, and dens of dragons: and I will make the cities of Ju... Focus ↗

12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this, and to whom the word of the mouth of the Lord may com... Focus ↗

13 And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken my law, which I gave them, and have not heard my voice... Focus ↗

14 But they have gone after the perverseness of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers... Focus ↗

15 Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts the God (Elohim) of Israel: Behold I will feed this people wi... Focus ↗

16 And I will scatter them among the nations, which they and their fathers have not known: and I will s... Focus ↗

17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God (Elohim) of Israel: Consider ye, and call for the mourning wome... Focus ↗

18 Let them hasten and take up a lamentation for us: let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run down... Focus ↗

19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Sion: How are we wasted and greatly confounded? because we ha... Focus ↗

20 Hear therefore, ye women, the word of the Lord: and let your ears receive the word of his mouth: and...

21 For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from... Focus ↗

22 Speak: Thus saith the Lord: Even the carcass of man shall fall as dung upon the face of the country,... Focus ↗

23 Thus saith the Lord: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, and let not the strong man glory in h... Focus ↗

24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, for I am the Lord tha... Focus ↗

25 Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, and I will visit upon every one that hath the foreskin circum... Focus ↗

26 Upon Egypt, and upon Juda, and upon Edom, and upon the children of Ammon, and upon Moab, and upon al... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 9 (26 verses)
Version: Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

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