²⁰ Now, you women, hear the word of the Lord;
    open your ears to the words of his mouth.^(A)
Teach your daughters how to wail;
    teach one another a lament.^(B)

“There will be wailing^(A) in all the streets^(B)
    and cries of anguish in every public square.
The farmers^(C) will be summoned to weep
    and the mourners to wail.