Jeremiah 9:15-17

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¹⁵Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them poisonous water to drink. ¹⁶I will scatter them among the nations whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”

The People Mourn in Judgment

¹⁷Thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Consider, and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skilful women to come;

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