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Jeremiah 9:20-22

King James Version (KJV)

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20. Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation. 21. For death is come up into our windows, [and] is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, [and] the young men from the streets. 22. Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather [them].

Jeremiah 9:20-22 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Jeremiah 9:20

Theological / Devotional

O ye women. The reference is probably to the hired mourners mentioned in v. 17, though all the women of the land could be addressed.

Teach your daughters. Because of the tremendous increase in the number of deaths (v. 21), the ordinary number of trained mourners would not suffice. It would be necessary for the present mourners to impart their skill to their daughters and neighbors.

Lamentation. Heb. qinah, “a dirge” (see on v. 10).

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