Jeremiah 9:18-20

Contemporary English Version

¹⁸ The people answered,
“Let them come quickly
    and cry for us,
until our own eyes
    are flooded with tears.
¹⁹ Now those of us on Zion cry,
‘We are ruined!
    We can't stand the shame.
Our homes have been destroyed,
    and we must leave our land.’

²⁰ “We ask you women
to pay attention
    to what the Lord says.
We will teach you a funeral song
that you can teach
    your daughters and friends: