Jeremiah 9:19-21

New American Standard Bible

¹⁹ For a voice of ^(A)wailing is heard from Zion:
‘^(B)How devastated we are!
We are put to great shame,
For we have ^(C)abandoned the land
Because they have torn down our homes.’”
²⁰ Now hear the word of the Lord, you ^(D)women,
And let your ears receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And have every woman teach her neighbor a song of mourning.
²¹ For ^(E)death has come up through our windows;
It has entered our palaces
To eliminate the ^(F)children from the streets,
The young men from the public squares.