Returning to the ninth chapter of Jeremiah the women are taught to sing a dirge over the disaster that has befallen them, part of which states: "For death has come up through our windows; it has entered our fortified towers to take away the children from the streets and the young men from the public squares."
Go tswa foo rutang bomorwadialona selelo sa khutsafalo,+ mosadi mongwe le mongwe a rute molekane wa gagwe pina ya khutsafalo.+ 21 Gonne loso lo tsene ka difensetere tsa rona; lo tsene mo ditoreng tsa rona tsa bonno, gore lo fedise ngwana kwa mmileng, makau kwa dipatlelong.'+