Jeremiah 9:18-20

New International Reader's Version

¹⁸ Let them come quickly
    and weep for us.
Let them cry until tears flow from our eyes.
    Let them weep until water pours out of our eyes.
¹⁹ People are heard weeping in Zion.
    They are saying, “We are destroyed!
    We are filled with shame!
We must leave our land.
    Our houses have been torn down.”

²⁰ You women, hear the Lord’s message.
    Listen to what he’s saying.
Teach your daughters how to mourn for the dead.
    Teach one another a song of sadness.