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Jeremiah 9:21

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Death has climbed in through the window,

broken into our bedrooms.

Children on the playgrounds drop dead,

and young men and women collapse at their games.

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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.