Jer 6:26 | NET2full | STEP | So I said, “Oh, my dear people , put on sackcloth and roll in ashes . Mourn with painful sobs as though you had lost your only child . For any moment now that destructive army will come against us.”

‏ Jeremiah 6:26

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