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Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has removed the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares.
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For death has crept in through our windows and has entered our mansions. It has killed off the flower of our youth: Children no longer play in the streets, and young men no longer gather in the squares.
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Death has climbed in through the window, broken into our bedrooms. Children on the playgrounds drop dead, and young men and women collapse at their games.
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for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares.
Jeremiah 9:21 In-Context
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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, you 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.
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Death has climbed in through our windows and has entered our fortresses; it has removed the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares.
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Say, “This is what the LORD declares: “ ‘Dead bodies will lie like dung on the open field, like cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather them.’ ”
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This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise boast of their wisdom or the strong boast of their strength or the rich boast of their riches,