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 scatter them among the nations that they and their ancestors have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.” 17This is what the Lord of Armies says: Consider, and summon the women who mourn; send for the skillful women. Let them come quickly to raise a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears, our eyelids be soaked with weeping. 19For a sound of lamentation is heard from Zion: How devastated we are. We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land; our dwellings have been torn down. 20Now hear the word of the Lord, you women. Pay attention to the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters a lament and one another 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 9:10I will raise weeping and a lament over the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness grazing land, for they have been so scorched that no one passes through. The sound of cattle is no longer heard. From the birds of the sky to the animals, everything has fled — they have gone away.
• Jeremiah 9:1If my head were a flowing spring, my eyes a fountain of tears, I would weep day and night over the slain of my dear people.
• Jeremiah 6:26My dear people, dress yourselves in sackcloth and roll in the dust. Mourn as you would for an only son, a bitter lament, for suddenly the destroyer will come on us.
• Jeremiah 13:17But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.
• Jeremiah 14:17You are to speak this word to them: Let my eyes overflow with tears; day and night may they not stop, for my dearest people have been destroyed by a crushing blow, an extremely severe wound.
• Isaiah 22:4Therefore I said, “Look away from me! Let me weep bitterly! Do not try to comfort me about the destruction of my dear people.”
• Lamentations 1:2She weeps bitterly during the night, with tears on her cheeks. There is no one to offer her comfort, not one from all her lovers. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are worn out from weeping; I am churning within. My heart is poured out in grief because of the destruction of my dear people, because infants and nursing babies faint in the streets of the city.
• Luke 19:41As he approached and saw the city, he wept for it,

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

In the dictionaries

• Adulterer
• Arrow
• Desolate
• Heaven
• Perish
• 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