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Jeremiah 9:21

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21For adeath has come up through our windows;

It has entered our palaces

To cut off the binfants from the streets,

The choice men from the open squares.

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Cross references

  1. a2 Chr 36:17; Jer 15:7; 18:21; Ezek 9:5, 6; Amos 6:9, 10
  2. bJer 6:11

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For death has come up into our windows;

it has entered our palaces,

cutting off the children from the streets

and the young men from the squares.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

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.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

for Death has climbed through our windows;

it has entered our fortresses,

cutting off children from the streets,

young men from the squares.

NLTNew Living Translation

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.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

For death has come into our windows,

it has entered into our fortresses,

to cut off the children from the streets,

the young men from the public squares.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.