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Jeremiah 6:26
New English Translation

26 So I said,[a] “Oh, my dear people,[b] put on sackcloth
and roll in ashes.
Mourn with painful sobs
as though you had lost your only child.
For any moment now[c] that destructive army[d]
will come against us.”

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  1. Jeremiah 6:26 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the context.
  2. Jeremiah 6:26 tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the translator’s note there.
  3. Jeremiah 6:26 tn Heb “suddenly.”
  4. Jeremiah 6:26 tn Heb “the destroyer.”
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Jeremiah 6:26
New International Version

26 Put on sackcloth,(A) my people,
    and roll in ashes;(B)
mourn with bitter wailing(C)
    as for an only son,(D)
for suddenly the destroyer(E)
    will come upon us.

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