Jeremiah 9:13-22

Jeremiah 9:13-22

[13] saith,  Because they have forsaken  my law  which I set  before  them, and have not obeyed  my voice,  neither walked  therein; [14] after  the imagination  of their own heart,  and after  Baalim,  which their fathers  taught  them: [15] Therefore thus saith  the LORD  of hosts,  the God  of Israel;  Behold, I will feed  them, even this people,  with wormwood,  and give them water  of gall  to drink.  [16] 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. [17] 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:  [18] And let them make haste,  and take up  a wailing  for us, that our eyes  may run down  with tears,  and our eyelids  gush out  with waters.  [19] 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.  [20] 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.  [21] 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.  [22] 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.