en_tn_condensed/jer/09/21.md

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Here Yahweh is saying what the people of Judah will say when he destroys the land.

For death has come through our windows ... young men in the city squares

The people of Judah will compare death to a person who can climb in windows to attack the people inside and attacks people in the palaces, streets, and city squares. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification)

palaces

fancy houses where kings live. Death will come to rich and poor alike.

city squares

marketplaces