Verse 18
Jeremiah 9:18
Free Bible Version
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Have them come as quickly as possible, and sing a funeral song about us, so we can cry our eyes out, so our tears will flow like streams.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י ק֥וֹל נְהִ֛י נִשְׁמַ֥ע מִ/צִּיּ֖וֹן אֵ֣יךְ שֻׁדָּ֑דְנוּ בֹּ֤שְׁנֽוּ מְאֹד֙ כִּֽי עָזַ֣בְנוּ אָ֔רֶץ כִּ֥י הִשְׁלִ֖יכוּ מִשְׁכְּנוֹתֵֽי/נוּ
English Translation
For a voice of lamentation is heard from Zion: "How are we greatly ashamed, for we have forsaken the land, because they have thrown out our dwellings."
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Chapter 9 Context
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How I wish my head was a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! Then I would weep day and...
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2
I wish I had a temporary shelter in the desert—I would give up on my people and leave them, because...
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3
Their words are like arrows shot from a bow. Lies win out over the truth throughout the country. The...
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4
Everyone, watch out for your friends! Don't even trust your brother! Every brother is deceitful, and...
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5
Everyone betrays their friends; no one tells the truth. They've made themselves into expert liars; t...
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6
Everyone exploits each other, and in all their lies they don't want to know me, declares the Lord.
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7
So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Look, I'm going to test them and purify them like metal in a...
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8
Their words are arrows that kill; they always tell lies. They're nice to their friends on the outsid...
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9
Shouldn't I punish them for all this? declares the Lord. Shouldn't I retaliate for what this nation...
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10
I will weep and wail for the mountains, I will sing a funeral song over the pastures in the countrys...
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11
I'm going to make Jerusalem into a heap of rubble, a place where jackals live. I will destroy the to...
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12
Who is wise enough to understand this? Has the Lord told anyone so they can explain what's happened?...
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13
The Lord replied, It's because they have given up keeping my laws that I placed before them. They ha...
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14
On the contrary, they have followed their own stubborn way of thinking, and went to worship the Baal...
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15
So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: Watch out! I will give these pe...
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16
I'm about to scatter them among nations unfamiliar to them and their forefathers, and I will send en...
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17
This is what the Lord Almighty says: Be aware of what's happening! Call for the professional women m...
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18
Have them come as quickly as possible, and sing a funeral song about us, so we can cry our eyes out,...
19
The sound of weeping comes from Zion, “We're completely devastated! We're totally ashamed, because w...
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20
Women, listen to the Lord's message, hear what he has to say. Teach your daughters to mourn and sing...
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21
Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the childre...
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22
Tell everyone this is what the Lord says: Dead bodies will be left where they fall like manure in th...
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23
This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast...
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24
Anyone who wants to boast should boast that they really know and understand me, recognizing that I a...
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25
Watch out, for the time is coming, declares the Lord, when I will punish all who are only physically...
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26
Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the desert people who trim their hair on the sides of their...
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