Jeremiah 9:18-20

New Catholic Bible

¹⁸ Let them come quickly
    and raise a dirge for us
so that our eyes may overflow with tears
    and our cheeks may be wet with weeping.
¹⁹ May a sound of lamenting be heard in Zion,
    “Great is our ruin;
    intense is our shame.
We must leave our land;
    our homes have been destroyed.”^[a]
20 Listen, you women, to the word of the Lord;
    let your ears receive the message he imparts.