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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:
Jeremiah 9:17 — KJV
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Jeremiah 9:17
King James Version (KJV)
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Commentary
Commentary on Jeremiah 9:17
Theological / DevotionalLord of hosts. See on ch. 7:3.
Consider. Or, “behave intelligently.”
Mourning women. Heb. meqonnoth, literally, “women who chant a qinah [dirge]” (see on v. 10). When death entered a family, mourners were hired to bewail the loss. They emphasized their mournful lamentation by disheveling their hair, rending their clothes, etc. (see 2 Chron. 35:25; Eccl. 12:5; Amos 5:16; Matt. 9:23; Mark 5:38). Jeremiah pictures the catastrophe to the nation as having taken place, and suggests that the usual honors paid to the dead be carried out.
Cunning. Literally, “wise,” used here in the sense of “skilled” in their art of mourning. They ingeniously recounted the virtues of the deceased, and touched the tender chords in the hearts of the survivors (see ch. 22:18).
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