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Jeremiah 9:10

King James Version (KJV)

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For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through [them]; neither can [men] hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

Jeremiah 9:10 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 9:10

Theological / Devotional

For. “On account of.” This and the following verses describe the sad desolation of the land and its cities, and the exile of its inhabitants.

Mountains. The hillside terraces, once cultivated and fruitful, would become barren.

Habitations. Heb. ne’oth, “pastures,” or “abodes.” Though once clothed with flocks, these would become so utterly wasted that even birds could not find subsistence.

Lamentation. Heb. qinah, “an elegy,” or “a dirge.” On the poetic peculiarities of the qinah see Vol. III, p. 27. Lamentations were sung by such professional mourning women as are mentioned in v. 17.

Cattle. Heb. miqneh, often used in a general sense to include all domestic animals, as cows, goats, sheep, horses, asses, and camels.

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