Jeremiah 6:24-26

Lexham English Bible

²⁴ We have heard news of it,
    our hands grow slack,
anxiety has grasped us,
    pain as a woman who gives birth.
²⁵ You must not go out into the field,
    and you must not walk on the road,
for the enemy has a sword,^[a]
    terror is all around.
²⁶ O daughter of my people,
    gird yourself with sackcloth,
and roll about in the ashes in mourning,
    a mourning ceremony as for an only child.
Make for yourself wailing of bitterness,
    for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.