NET Bible
"‘Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’"
— Jeremiah 9:21, NET Bible
“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.”
“For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets. ”
“For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, [and] the young men from the streets.”
“For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets.”
“For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.”
“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.”
I said,“Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water.
For the sound of wailing is soon to be heard in Zion,‘We are utterly ruined! We are completely disgraced! For we have left our land! For our houses have been torn down!’”
I said,“So now, you wailing women, listen to the LORD’s message. Open your ears to the message from his mouth. Teach your daughters this mournful song, and let every woman teach her neighbor this lament.
‘Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.’
Tell your daughters and neighbors,‘The LORD says,“The dead bodies of people will lie scattered everywhere like manure scattered on a field. They will lie scattered on the ground like grain that has been cut down but has not been gathered.”’”
The LORD says,“Wise people should not boast that they are wise. Powerful people should not boast that they are powerful. Rich people should not boast that they are rich.
If people want to boast, they should boast about this: They should boast that they understand and know me. They should boast that they know and understand that I, the LORD, act out of faithfulness, fairness, and justice in the earth and that I desire people to do these things,” says the LORD.