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Jeremiah 9:21
'For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.'
Jeremiah 9:21 · New Heart English Bible
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Jeremiah 9:21 in other translations
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.
For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
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In context
18 "and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, 'How are we ruined! We are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.'"
20 "Yet hear the word of the Lord, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
21 'For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.'
22 Speak, 'Thus says the Lord, "The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather them."'"
23 Thus says the Lord, "Do not let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, do not let the rich man glory in his riches;
24 but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the Lord who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight," says the Lord.
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