Jeremiah 9:18

Jeremiah 9:18 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids.
• English Standard Version (ESV)let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Let them make haste And take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run with tears, And our eyelids gush with water.

Context of Jeremiah 9:18

16I will [also] scatter them among nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send the sword after them until I have annihilated them.” 17Thus says the Lord of hosts, “Consider and call for the mourning women to come; Send for the wailing women to come. Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water. 19For a sound of wailing is heard [coming] from Zion: ‘How we are ruined! We are greatly perplexed and utterly shamed, Because we have left the land, Because they have torn down our dwellings.’ ” 20Now hear the word of the Lord, O you women, And let your ear hear the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters a song of mourning, And each one [teach] her neighbor a dirge.

Jeremiah 9:18 word by word

וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָה וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָה עָלֵ֖ינוּ נֶ֑הִי וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙ דִּמְעָ֔ה וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ יִזְּלוּ־מָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And let them make hasteמָהַרmâhar · to hastenH4116
• and take upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• a wailingנְהִיnehîy · wailingH5092
• for us, that our eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
• may run downיָרַדyârad · to go downH3381
• with tearsדִּמְעָהdim‛âh · tearsH1832
• and our eyelidsעַפְעַף‛aph‛aph · eyelidH6079
• gush outנָזַלnâzal · to flowH5140
• with watersמַיmayim · waterH4325

Cross-references for Jeremiah 9:18

• Jeremiah 9:10“I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, And a [funeral] dirge for the pastures of the wilderness, Because they are burned up and desolated so that no one passes through [them]; Nor can anyone hear the lowing of cattle. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
• Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 6:26O daughter of my people [says Jeremiah], Clothe yourself in sackcloth and wallow in ashes; Mourn [aloud] as for an only son, A most bitter cry [of sorrow and regret], For suddenly the destroyer will come upon us [on both prophet and people].
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen and obey, My soul will weep in secret for your pride; My eyes will weep bitterly And flow with tears, Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
• Jeremiah 14:17Therefore [Jeremiah] you will say this word to them, ‘Let my eyes flow with tears night and day, And let them never cease; For the virgin daughter of my people has been crushed with a great blow, With a very serious and severely infected wound.
• Isaiah 22:4Therefore I say, “Look away from me; Let me weep bitterly. Do not try to comfort me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”
• Lamentations 1:2She weeps bitterly in the night And her tears are [constantly] on her cheeks; Among all her lovers (political allies) She has no one to comfort her. All her friends have dealt treacherously with her; They have become her enemies.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah], My spirit is deeply disturbed; My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief] Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem], When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.
• Luke 19:41As He approached Jerusalem, He saw the city and wept over it [and the spiritual ignorance of its people],

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9:18

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10-22Verses 10-22 The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length. Jeremiah 9:10 The habitations i. e - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see Jeremiah 6:3). So that none can … - Or, “They are parched up, with no man to pass through them; neither do they hear the voice of cattle; from the birds of the heaven even to the beasts they “are fled, they are gone.” Jeremiah 9:11 Dragons - Rather…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calamity, but not their sin, which is the cause of it. Let the doors be shut ever so fast, death steals upon us. It enters the palaces of princes and great men, though stately, strongly built, and guarded. Nor are those more safe that are abroad; death cuts…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18-19The mourners began their work right away. They mourned those who had died and grieved for Jerusalem, which faced destruction. They joined the people of Jerusalem who had lost their homes and had to flee as refugees.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1818. (Jr 14:17).Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 9:18

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• War

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• Adulterer
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• Desolate
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• Teach
• Wait
• Burial
• Covenant, the New
• Eyelid

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings