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16 I will (A)scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the (B)sword after them until I have consumed them.”

17 Thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Carefully consider and call for the (C)mourning women, that they may come;
And send for the [a](D)skillful women, that they may come!
18 Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us,
That our (E)eyes may shed tears
And our eyelids flow with water.

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  1. Jeremiah 9:17 Lit wise

16 I will scatter them among nations(A) that neither they nor their ancestors have known,(B) and I will pursue them with the sword(C) until I have made an end of them.”(D)

17 This is what the Lord Almighty says:

“Consider now! Call for the wailing women(E) to come;
    send for the most skillful of them.
18 Let them come quickly
    and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
    and water streams from our eyelids.(F)

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