Jeremiah 9:17 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 9:17

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

BSB

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ASV

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:

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:

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Commentary

2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Call 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 Mat 9:23. The first lamentations for the dead consisted only in the sudden bursts of inexpressible grief, like that of David over his son Absalom, 2Sa 19:

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Women - Who were hired to tear their hair, and beat their breasts, with other mourning postures, a foolish custom which has obtained in most ages and countries. Cunning - Such as are most skilful in it.

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כֹּ֤ה	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַר֙	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
צְבָא֔וֹת	tze.va.'ot	of hosts	H6635 →
הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּ	hit.bo.Nu	consider	H995 →
וְקִרְא֥וּ	ve.kir.'U	and summon	H7121 →
לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת	lam.ko.Not	<to> the wailing [women]	H6969 →
וּתְבוֹאֶ֑ינָה	u.te.vo.'Ei.nah	and they may come	H935 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
הַחֲכָמ֥וֹת	ha.cha.kha.Mot	the skillful [women]	H2450 →
שִׁלְח֖וּ	shil.Chu	send	H7971 →
וְתָבֽוֹאנָה׃	ve.ta.Vo.nah	so they may come	H935 →

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Through
Ecclesiastes 12:5
when men fear the heights and dangers of the road, when the almond tree blossoms, the grasshopper loses its spring, and the caper berry shrivels—for then man goes to his eternal home and mourners…
leads to
- Jeremiah 9:17–20
  This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Job 17:13
  If I look for Sheol as my home, if I spread out my bed in darkness,
- Job 30:23
  Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
- Proverbs 16:31
  Gray hair is a crown of glory; it is attained along the path of righteousness.
Through
Job 3:8
May it be cursed by those who curse the day—those prepared to rouse Leviathan.
leads to
- Job 41:1
  “Can you pull in Leviathan with a hook or tie down his tongue with a rope?
Through
Matthew 9:23
When Jesus entered the house of the synagogue leader, He saw the flute players and the noisy crowd.
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 35:25
  Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in…
Through
2 Chronicles 35:25
Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the choirs of men and women sing laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in…
leads to
- Lamentations 4:20
  The LORD’s anointed, the breath of our life, was captured in their pits. We had said of him, “Under his shadow we will live among the nations.”
- Jeremiah 22:10
  Do not weep for the dead king; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for the one who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Jeremiah