10 I will raise weeping and a lament
over the mountains,
a dirge over the wilderness grazing land,
for they have been so scorched
that no one passes through.
The sound of cattle is no longer heard.
From the birds of the sky to the animals,(A)
everything has fled—they have gone away.

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18 Let them come quickly to raise a lament over us
so that our eyes may overflow with tears,
our eyelids be soaked with weeping.
19 For a sound of lamentation is heard from Zion:
How devastated we are.
We are greatly ashamed,(A)
for we have abandoned the land;
our dwellings have been torn down.

20 Now hear the word of the Lord, you women.
Pay attention to[a] the words from his mouth.
Teach your daughters a lament
and one another a dirge,

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Footnotes

  1. 9:20 Lit Your ears must receive

In that day the temple[a] songs(A) will become wailing”(B)—this is the Lord God’s declaration. “Many dead bodies, thrown everywhere!(C) Silence!” (D)

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Footnotes

  1. 8:3 Or palace

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