9 17 Thus says Yahweh of hosts: "Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilful women to come; 9 18 let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush with water. 9 19 For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion: 'How we are ruined! We are utterly shamed, because we have left the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.' "
9 20 Hear, O women, the word of Yahweh, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; teach to your daughters a lament, and each to her neighbour a dirge. 9 21 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. 9 22 Speak, "Thus says Yahweh: 'The dead bodies of men shall fall like dung upon the open field, like sheaves after the reaper, and none shall gather them.' "
9 23 Thus says Yahweh: "Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, let not the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches; 9 24 but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am Yahweh who practice steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, says Yahweh."
9 25 "Behold, the days are coming, says Yahweh, when I will punish all those who are circumcised but yet uncircumcised - 9 26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the desert that cut the corners of their hair; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart."