Jeremiah 9:20
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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.Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
In other translations
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.Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.
Hebrew words
כִּי־ki-forH3588שְׁמַעְנָהshema'nahhearH8085נָשִׁיםnashimO womenH802דְּבַר־devar-[the] word ofH1697יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וְתִקַּחvetikachso it may receiveH3947אָזְנְכֶם'azenekhemear yourH241דְּבַר־devar-[the] word ofH1697פִּיוpivmouth hisH6310וְלַמֵּדְנָהvelamedenahand teachH3925בְנוֹתֵיכֶםvenoteikhemdaughters yourH1323נֶהִיnehia mourning songH5092וְאִשָּׁהve'ishahand every womanH802רְעוּתָהּre'utahneighbor herH7468קִינָה׃kinaha lamentationH7015
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