18. The people said,“Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us,until our eyes fill with tears,and our eyelids are wet from crying.”
19. Listen to the sound of crying in Zion,“We are ruined!We are completely disgraced!We must leave our land;our homes have been torn down.”
20. I said,“Listen to the Lord, you women,and pay attention to his words.Teach your daughters how to mourn,and your friends how to sing a funeral song.
21. Death has come in through our windowsand entered our palaces;it has cut down the children in the streetsand the young men in the market places.