Jeremiah 9:21-23
Amplified Bible
21
For death has come up through our windows;
It has entered our palaces,
Cutting off the children from the streets
And the young men from the town squares.
22
Speak, “Thus says the Lord,
‘The dead bodies of men will fall like dung on the open field,
And like sheaves [of grain] behind the reaper,
And no one will gather them.’”(A)
23 Thus says the Lord, “Let not the one who is wise and skillful boast in his insight; let not the one who is mighty and powerful boast in his strength; let not the one who is rich boast in his [temporal satisfactions and earthly] abundance;
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Jeremiah 9:21-23
New International Version
21 Death has climbed in through our windows(A)
and has entered our fortresses;
it has removed the children from the streets
and the young men(B) from the public squares.
22 Say, “This is what the Lord declares:
“‘Dead bodies will lie
like dung(C) on the open field,
like cut grain behind the reaper,
with no one to gather them.’”
23 This is what the Lord says:
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