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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• 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.

Context of Jeremiah 9:10

8For such things shall I not punish them?” It is a declaration of Adonai. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?” 9For the mountains I lift up weeping and wailing, a lament for the desert pastures. For they are so scorched that no one passes through— the lowing of cattle is not heard. The birds of the air have fled and the animals are gone. “I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, a lair for jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a wasteland without inhabitant. 11Who is the one wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of Adonai spoken that he may explain it? Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?” 12Adonai said “It is because they have forsaken My Torah that I set before them. They have neither obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

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 4:19My stomach, my stomach! I writhe in anguish! The pain of my heart! My heart is pounding within me! I cannot keep silent because I have heard, O my soul, the sound of the shofar, the battle-cry of war.
• Jeremiah 7:29Cut off your hair and throw it away and take up a lamentation on the barren hills. For Adonai has spurned and cast off the generation of His wrath.”
• Jeremiah 8:18My joy is overcome by grief, my heart is faint within me.
• Jeremiah 13:16Give glory to Adonai your God, before it grows dark, and before your feet stumble on mountains at dusk. When you look for light, He turns it into the shadow of death, and turns it into deep darkness.
• Lamentations 1:16Over these things I weep. My eyes overflow with water. For far from me is a comforter, who might refresh my soul. My children are desolate, because the enemy has prevailed.”
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes are filled with tears. My stomach is in torment. My heart is poured out on the ground over the destruction of the daughter of my people— as young children and infants languish in the city squares.
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of all the field wither? Because those living in it are evil, beasts and birds are swept away. For they said, “He cannot see our end.”
• Jeremiah 14:6Wild donkeys stand on the barren hills, as they pant for air like jackals. Their eyes fail, since there is no foliage.
• Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers. The land mourns because of a curse. Pastures of the wilderness are dry. Their running is evil, and their might is not right.
• Joel 1:19To You, Adonai, I cry! For fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and flame has set ablaze all the trees of the field.
• Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask ‘Where is Adonai, who brought us up from the land of Egypt and led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and rifts, through a land of drought and distress, through a land where no one travels, where no one lives?’
• Ezekiel 14:15“If I cause evil beasts to pass through the land and they ravage it and make it a wasteland, so that no one would pass through because of the beasts,
• Ezekiel 29:11No human foot will pass through it, and no foot of beast will pass through it. It will be uninhabited for 40 years.
• Ezekiel 33:28I will make the land a desolation and a horror. The pride of her power will cease. The mountains of Israel will be desolate, so that no one will pass through.’
• Jeremiah 4:25I looked and behold, no people! All the birds of the sky had fled.
• Hosea 4:3Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone dwelling in it will languish along with the beasts of the field and the flying creatures of the sky— even the fish of the sea will be removed.

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

In the dictionaries

• 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