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Jeremiah 9:18

Grief

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.”

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

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.’”

20 Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

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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
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.
KJV
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
WEB
Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
ASV
and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
DARBY
and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.
BLB
And let them hurry and take up for us a lament, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids flow with water.
ÅB
og skynde seg og oppløfte en klagesang over oss, så våre øyne kan rinne med gråt og våre øyelokk flyte med vann!
OTB
La dem komme raskt og ta opp en klagesang for oss, så våre øyne kan felle tårer og våre øyelokk strømme med vann.
B1930
og skynde sig og opløfte en klagesang over oss, så våre øine kan rinne med gråt og våre øielokk flyte med vann!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 9:1

    Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

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  • Isaiah 22:4

    Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”

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  • Jeremiah 14:17

    You are to speak this word to them: ‘My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease, for the virgin daughter of my people has been shattered by a crushing blow, a severely grievous wound.

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  • Jeremiah 9:20

    Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

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  • Lamentations 2:11

    My eyes fail from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief over the destruction of the daughter of my people, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

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  • Lamentations 2:18

    The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest.

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  • Lamentations 1:2

    She weeps aloud in the night, with tears upon her cheeks. Among all her lovers there is no one to comfort her. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.

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  • Jeremiah 6:26

    O daughter of my people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in ashes. Mourn with bitter wailing, as you would for an only son, for suddenly the destroyer will come upon us.

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