Jeremiah 9:17-21

This is what the Lord of armies says: “Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the skillful women, that they may come!

“Have them hurry and take up a wailing for us, So that our eyes may shed tears, And our eyelids flow with water.

“For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! We are put to great shame, For we have abandoned the land Because they have torn down our homes.’ ”

Now hear the word of the Lord, you women, And let your ears receive the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters wailing, And have every woman teach her neighbor a song of mourning.

For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To eliminate the children from the streets, The young men from the public squares.