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18 Let them hurry and lament for us.
    Let tears run down from our eyes,
        and let our eyelids flow with water.
19 For a sound of mourning is heard from Zion:
    ‘How we’re ruined!
Our shame is very great,
    because we have left the land,
        because our houses are torn down.’”

20 “Now, you women, hear the message from the Lord;
    listen to what he has to say!
Teach your daughters how to mourn,
    let every woman teach[a] her friend how to lament.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:20 The Heb. lacks teach