Jeremiah 9:17

Jeremiah 9:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
• New International Version (NIV)This is what the Lord Almighty says: “Consider now! Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Thus says the Lord of hosts: "Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come;
• New King James Version (NKJV)Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Consider and call for the mourning women, That they may come; And send for skillful wailing women, That they may come.

Context of Jeremiah 9:17

15therefore this is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood; and I will give them poisoned water to drink. 16I will also scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them until I have put an end to them.” This is what the Lord of armies says: “Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the skillful women, that they may come! 18Have them hurry and take up a wailing for us, So that our eyes may shed tears, And our eyelids flow with water. 19For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! We are put to great shame, For we have abandoned the land Because they have torn down our homes.’”

Jeremiah 9:17 word by word

כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָא֔וֹת הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּ וְקִרְא֥וּ לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת וּתְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה וְאֶל־הַחֲכָמ֥וֹת שִׁלְח֖וּ וְתָבֽוֹאנָה׃Read the interlinear

• Thisכֹּהkôh · thusH3541
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• of armiesצָבָאtsâbâ' tsebâ'âh · HostsH6635
• saysאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Considerבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• and callקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• mourningקִינֵןqûn · to chantH6969
• that they may comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• And sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• skillfulחָכָםchâkâm · wiseH2450

Cross-references for Jeremiah 9:17

• 2 Chronicles 35:25Then Jeremiah chanted a song of mourning for Josiah. And all the male and female singers speak about Josiah in their songs of mourning to this day. And they made them an ordinance in Israel; behold, they are also written in the Lamentations.
• Job 3:8May those curse it who curse the day, Who are prepared to disturb Leviathan.
• Ecclesiastes 12:5Furthermore, people are afraid of a high place and of terrors on the road; the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper drags itself along, and the caper berry is ineffective. For man goes to his eternal home while the mourners move around in the street.
• Amos 5:16Therefore this is what the Lord God of armies, the Lord says: “There is mourning in all the public squares, And in all the streets they say, ‘Oh no! Oh no!’ They also call the farmer to mourning And professional mourners to mourning rites.
• Matthew 9:23When Jesus came into the official’s house and saw the flute players and the crowd in noisy disorder,
• Mark 5:38They came to the house of the synagogue official, and He saw a commotion, and people loudly weeping and wailing.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9:17

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17Call for the mourning women - Those whose office it was to make lamentations at funerals, and to bewail the dead, for which they received pay. This custom continues to the present in Asiatic countries. In Ireland this custom also prevails, which no doubt their ancestors brought from the east. I have often witnessed it, and have given a specimen of this elsewhere. See the note on Matthew 9:23. The first lamentations for the dead consisted only in the…Read the comment
• 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. 17The Lord instructed the people to gather the professional mourners. These individuals often performed at funerals in the ancient Near East (see Amos 5:16; Mark 5:38).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. mourning women--hired to heighten lamentation by plaintive cries baring the breast, beating the arms, and suffering the hair to flow dishevelled (2Ch 35:25; Ec 12:5; Mt 9:23). cunning--skilled in wailing.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 9:17

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Mourning
• War

In the dictionaries

• Lord of Hosts
• Adulterer
• Arrow
• Desolate
• Heaven
• Mourn
• Perish
• Teach
• Wait
• Burial

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