Jeremiah 9:21

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

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.

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KJV

King James Version

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.

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WEB

World English Bible

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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ASV

American Standard Version

For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets.

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Berean Literal Bible

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READ IN CONTEXT · BSB

Jeremiah 9

¹⁹ For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

²⁰ Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

²¹ 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.

²² Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”

²³ This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

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