29 (A)Cut off [a]your hair and throw it away,
And (B)take up a song of mourning on the bare heights;
For the Lord has (C)rejected and forsaken
The generation of His wrath.’

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 7:29 Lit your crown

10 “I will take up a weeping and wailing for the (A)mountains,
And for the pastures of the (B)wilderness a song of mourning,
Because they are (C)laid waste so that no one passes through,
And the sound of the livestock is not heard;
Both the (D)birds of the sky and the animals have fled; they are gone.

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17 This is what the Lord of armies says:

“Consider and call for the (A)mourning women, that they may come;
And send for the [a](B)skillful women, that they may come!

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:17 I.e., professional mourners

Song of Mourning for the Leaders of Israel

19 “As for you, take up a (A)song of mourning for the (B)leaders of Israel

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