20. Now hear the word of the Lord, you women.Pay attention to the word of His mouth.Teach your daughters a lamentand one another a dirge,
21. for Death has climbed through our windows;it has entered our fortresses,cutting off children from the streets,young men from the squares.
22. Speak as follows:This is what the Lord says:Human corpses will falllike manure on the surface of the field, like newly cut grain after the reaperwith no one to gather it.
23. This is what the Lord says:The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;the strong man must not boast in his strength;the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.