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Jeremiah 6:26
New English Translation
Jeremiah 6:26
New English Translation
26 So I said,[a] “Oh, my dear people,[b] put on sackcloth
and roll in ashes.
Mourn with painful sobs
as though you had lost your only child.
For any moment now[c] that destructive army[d]
will come against us.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 6:26 tn These words are not in the text but are implicit from the context.
- Jeremiah 6:26 tn Heb “daughter of my people.” For the translation given here see 4:11 and the translator’s note there.
- Jeremiah 6:26 tn Heb “suddenly.”
- Jeremiah 6:26 tn Heb “the destroyer.”
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