Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 9:17-25

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.”

23This is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559:

“Let notH408 the wiseH2450 man boastH1984 in his wisdomH2451,norH408 the strong manH1368 in his strengthH1369,norH408 the wealthy manH6223 in his richesH6239.24ButH3588 H518 let him who boastsH1984 boastH1984 in thisH2063,that he understandsH7919 and knowsH3045 MeH853,thatH3588 IH589 am the LORDH3068,1who exercisesH6213 loving devotionH2617,2justiceH4941 and righteousnessH6666 on the earthH776—forH3588 I delightH2654 in these thingsH428,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.

25“BeholdH2009, the daysH3117 are comingH935,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, “when I will punishH6485 H5921 all who areH3605 circumcisedH4135 only in the fleshH6190—

Notes

1. Jeremiah 9:24 Cited in 1 Corinthians 1:31 and 2 Corinthians 10:17 ↩
2. Jeremiah 9:24 Forms of the Hebrew chesed are translated here and in most cases throughout the Scriptures as loving devotion; the range of meaning includes love, goodness, kindness, faithfulness, and mercy, as well as loyalty to a covenant. ↩