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Jeremiah 9:17

Grief

15 Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

16 I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

18 Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

19 For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
KJV
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
WEB
The LORD of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
ASV
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:
DARBY
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;
BLB
Thus says YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for the wailing women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come!
ÅB
Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Gi akt og kall på klagekvinnene at de skal komme, og send bud til de kyndige kvinner at de skal komme
OTB
Dette sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: "Tenk nå! Kall på sørgekvinnene til å komme; send etter de mest dyktige av dem.
B1930
Så sier Herren, hærskarenes Gud: Gi akt og kall på klagekvinnene at de skal komme, og send bud til de kyndige kvinner at de skal komme

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Amos 5:16–17

    Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail.

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  • Ecclesiastes 12:5

    when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels— for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners walk the streets.

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  • 2 Chronicles 35:25

    Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.

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  • Mark 5:38

    When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly.

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  • Matthew 9:23

    When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.

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  • Job 3:8

    May it be cursed by those who curse the day — those prepared to rouse Leviathan.

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