Jeremiah:9:12-22

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* Who is the wise man , that may understand this ? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken , that he may declare it , for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness , that none passeth through ? * And the LORD saith , Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them , and have not obeyed my voice , neither walked therein ; * But have walked after the imagination of their own heart , and after Baalim Ba #al #, which their fathers taught them : * Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts , the God of Israel Yisra #el #; Behold , I will feed them , even this people , with wormwood la #anah #, and give them water of gall to drink . * I will scatter them also among the heathen , whom neither they nor their fathers have known : and I will send a sword after them , till I have consumed them . * Thus saith the LORD of hosts , Consider ye , and call for the mourning women , that they may come ; and send for cunning women , that they may come : * And let them make haste , and take up a wailing for us , that our eyes may run down with tears dim #ah #, and our eyelids #aph #aph # gush out with waters . * For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion , How are we spoiled ! we are greatly confounded , because we have forsaken the land , because our dwellings have cast us out . * Yet hear the word of the LORD , O ye women , and let your ear receive the word of his mouth , and teach your daughters wailing , and every one her neighbour lamentation . * For death is come up into our windows , and is entered into our palaces , to cut off the children from without , and the young men from the streets . * Speak , Thus saith the LORD , Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field , and as the handful after the harvestman , and none shall gather them .

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