15 therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, I will (A)feed them, this people, (B)with wormwood, and give them [a]water of gall to drink. 16 I will (C)scatter them also among the Gentiles, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. (D)And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.”

The People Mourn in Judgment

17 Thus says the Lord of hosts:

“Consider and call for (E)the mourning women,
That they may come;
And send for skillful wailing women,
That they may come.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:15 Bitter or poisonous water

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