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This is what the Lord Almighty says:
“Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come;
send for the most skillful of them.
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Let them come quickly
and wail over us
till our eyes overflow with tears
and water streams from our eyelids.
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The sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
‘How ruined we are!
How great is our shame!
We must leave our land
because our houses are in ruins.’”
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Now, O women, hear the word of the Lord;
open your ears to the words of his mouth.
Teach your daughters how to wail;
teach one another a lament.