Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 9:12-22

12WhoH4310 is the manH376 wiseH2450 enough to understandH995 thisH2063? To whomH834 has the mouthH6310 of the LORDH3068 spokenH1696 , that he may explain itH5046? WhyH5921 H4100 is the landH776 destroyedH6 and scorchedH5327 like a desertH4057, so noH1097 one can pass through itH5674?

13And the LORDH3068 answeredH559, “It is becauseH5921 they have forsakenH5800 My lawH8451, whichH834 I setH5414 before themH6440; they have notH3808 walkedH1980 in it or obeyedH8085 My voiceH6963. 14Instead, they have followedH1980 H310 the stubbornnessH8307 of their heartsH3820 and gone afterH310 the BaalsH1168, asH834 their fathersH1 taught themH3925.”

15ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635, the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, saysH559: “BeholdH2005, I will feedH398 thisH2088 peopleH5971 wormwoodH3939 and give them poisonedH7219 waterH4325 to drinkH8248. 16I will scatter themH6327 among the nationsH1471 thatH834 neitherH3808 theyH1992 nor their fathersH1 have knownH3045, and I will sendH7971 a swordH2719 afterH310 themH853 untilH5704 I have finished them offH3615 .”

17This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635 saysH559:

“Take noteH995, and summonH7121 the wailing womenH6969 H935;sendH7971 H935 forH413 the most skillfulH2450 among them.18Let them come quicklyH4116and take upH5375 a lamentH5092 over usH5921,that our eyesH5869 may overflowH3381 with tearsH1832,and our eyelidsH6079 may gushH5140 with waterH4325.19ForH3588 the soundH6963 of wailingH5092is heardH8085 from ZionH6726:‘HowH349 devastated we areH7703!How greatH3966 is our shameH954!ForH3588 we have abandonedH5800 the landH776becauseH3588 our dwellingsH4908 have been torn downH7993.’”

20NowH3588, O womenH802, hearH8085 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068.OpenH3947 your earsH241 to the wordH1697 of His mouthH6310.TeachH3925 your daughtersH1323 to wailH5092,and oneH802 anotherH7468 to lamentH7015.21ForH3588 deathH4194 has climbed inH5927 through our windowsH2474;it has enteredH935 our fortressesH759to cut offH3772 the childrenH5768 from the streetsH2351,the young menH970 from the town squaresH7339.

22Declare thatH1696 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH5002:

“The corpsesH5038 of menH120 will fallH5307 like dungH1828uponH5921 the openH6440 fieldH7704,like newly cut grainH5995 behindH310 the reaperH7114,with noH369 one to gather itH622.”

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9