Verse 16
Jeremiah 9:16
Literal Standard Version
16
And I have scattered them among nations || Which they did not know, they and their fathers, || And have sent the sword after them, || Until I have consumed them.”
Original Language Text
hebrew
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּ וְ/קִרְא֥וּ לַ/מְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת וּ/תְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה וְ/אֶל הַ/חֲכָמ֥וֹת שִׁלְח֖וּ וְ/תָבֽוֹאנָה
English Translation
Thus says the Lord of Hosts: Consider and call for the mourners and let them come, and send for the wise and let them come.
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