Jeremiah 9:18-20

Tree of Life Version

¹⁸ For a wailing voice is heard from Zion:
        “How we are ruined!
        We are utterly ashamed—
        we have forsaken the land,
        for they tore down our dwellings.”
¹⁹ Now, hear the word of Adonai, O women,
        let your ear receive the word of His mouth.
    Teach your daughters wailing
        and everyone her neighbor a dirge.
²⁰ For death has climbed through our windows.
    It has entered into our palaces
        to cut off children from the street
        and young men from the squares.”