Jeremiah 9:10

Jeremiah 9:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains, and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard; both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled and are gone.
• New King James Version (NKJV)I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, And for the dwelling places of the wilderness a lamentation, Because they are burned up, So that no one can pass through; Nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the heavens and the beasts have fled; They are gone.
• New Living Translation (NLT)I will weep for the mountains and wail for the wilderness pastures. For they are desolate and empty of life; the lowing of cattle is heard no more; the birds and wild animals have all fled.

Context of Jeremiah 9:10

8Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully. With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors, but in their hearts they set traps for them. 9Should I not punish them for this?” declares the Lord. “Should I not avenge myself on such a nation as this?” I will weep and wail for the mountains and take up a lament concerning the wilderness grasslands. They are desolate and untraveled, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. The birds have all fled and the animals are gone. 11“I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a haunt of jackals; and I will lay waste the towns of Judah so no one can live there.” 12Who is wise enough to understand this? Who has been instructed by the Lord and can explain it? Why has the land been ruined and laid waste like a desert that no one can cross?

Jeremiah 9:10 word by word

עַל־הֶ֨הָרִ֜ים אֶשָּׂ֧א בְכִ֣י וָנֶ֗הִי וְעַל־נְא֤וֹת מִדְבָּר֙ קִינָ֔ה כִּ֤י נִצְּתוּ֙ מִבְּלִי־אִ֣ישׁ עֹבֵ֔ר וְלֹ֥א שָׁמְע֖וּ ק֣וֹל מִקְנֶ֑ה מֵע֤וֹף הַשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙ וְעַד־בְּהֵמָ֔ה נָדְד֖וּ הָלָֽכוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• For the mountainsהַרhar · mountain: mountH2022
• will I take upנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• a weepingבְּכִיbekîy · weepingH1065
• and wailingנְהִיnehîy · wailingH5092
• and for the habitationsנָוָהnâ'âh · habitationH4999
• of the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• a lamentationקִינָהqîynâh · dirgeH7015
• because they are burned upיָצַתyâtsath · to kindleH3341
• so that noneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• can passעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voice: soundH6963
• of the cattleמִקְנֶהmiqneh · livestockH4735
• both the fowlעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• of the heavensשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• and the beastבְּהֵמָהbehêmâh · animalH929
• are fledנָדַדnâdad · to wanderH5074
• they are goneהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980

Cross-references for Jeremiah 9:10

• Jeremiah 4:19Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry.
• Jeremiah 7:29“ ‘Cut off your hair and throw it away; take up a lament on the barren heights, for the Lord has rejected and abandoned this generation that is under his wrath.
• Jeremiah 8:18You who are my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to the Lord your God before he brings the darkness, before your feet stumble on the darkening hills. You hope for light, but he will turn it to utter darkness and change it to deep gloom.
• Lamentations 1:16“This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears. No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.”
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land lie parched and the grass in every field be withered? Because those who live in it are wicked, the animals and birds have perished. Moreover, the people are saying, “He will not see what happens to us.”
• Jeremiah 14:6Wild donkeys stand on the barren heights and pant like jackals; their eyes fail for lack of food.”
• Jeremiah 23:10The land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land lies parched and the pastures in the wilderness are withered. The prophets follow an evil course and use their power unjustly.
• Joel 1:19To you, Lord, I call, for fire has devoured the pastures in the wilderness and flames have burned up all the trees of the field.
• Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
• Ezekiel 14:15“Or if I send wild beasts through that country and they leave it childless and it becomes desolate so that no one can pass through it because of the beasts,
• Ezekiel 29:11The foot of neither man nor beast will pass through it; no one will live there for forty years.
• Ezekiel 33:28I will make the land a desolate waste, and her proud strength will come to an end, and the mountains of Israel will become desolate so that no one will cross them.
• Jeremiah 4:25I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away.
• Hosea 4:3Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 9:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10Both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled - The land shall be so utterly devastated, that neither beast nor bird shall be able to live in it.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
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10We do not know if the Lord or Jeremiah spoke these words. If the Lord spoke them, they show he gave judgment with a broken heart. If Jeremiah spoke them, they reveal his deep pain as he delivered the Lord's message. The prophet struggled to separate his love and compassion for the people from his role as the Lord's messenger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. Jeremiah breaks in upon Jehovah's threats of wrath with lamentation for his desolated country. mountains--once cultivated and fruitful: the hillsides were cultivated in terraces between the rocks. habitations of ... wilderness--rather, "the pleasant herbage (literally, 'the choice parts' of any thing) of the pasture plain." The Hebrew for "wilderness" expresses not a barren desert, but an untilled plain, fit for pasture. burned up--because no one…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 9:10

• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• War

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• Adulterer
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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