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17 This is what the Lord of heaven’s armies says:

“Now, think about these things!
    Call for the women who cry at funerals.
    Send for those women who are good at that job.
18 Let them come quickly
    and cry loudly for us.
Then our eyes will fill with tears.
    And streams of water will come out of our eyes.
19 The sound of loud crying is heard from Jerusalem:
    ‘We are truly ruined!
    We are truly ashamed!
We must leave our land,
    because our houses are in ruins.’”

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17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(A) to come;
    send for the most skillful of them.
18 Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.(B)
19 The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
    ‘How ruined(C) we are!
    How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
    because our houses are in ruins.’”

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