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It has killed off the flower of our youth: Children no longer play in the streets, and young men no longer gather in the squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />For death has come up into our windows; it has entered our palaces, cutting off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For death is come up into our windows, <i>and</i> is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, <i>and</i> the young men from the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For death has come through our windows, Has entered our palaces, To kill off the children— <i>no longer to be</i> outside! <i>And</i> the young men— <i>no longer</i> on the streets!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To eliminate the children from the streets, The young men from the public squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To cut off the children from the streets, The young men from the town squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To cut off the children from the streets, The young men from the town squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To cut off the infants from the streets, The choice men from the open squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces, Cutting off the children from the streets And the young men from the town squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />for Death has climbed through our windows; it has entered our fortresses, cutting off children from the streets, young men from the squares. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />'We were in our fortress, but death sneaked in through our windows. It even struck down children at play and our strongest young men.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Death has come through our windows and entered our palaces. Death has cut down the children in the streets and the young men in the market places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Death has come in through our windows and entered our palaces; it has cut down the children in the streets and the young men in the marketplaces. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />For death comes up through our windows; it has come into our palaces to eliminate children from the streets and young men from the town squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Death has climbed in through our windows. It has entered into our fortified houses. It has taken away our children who play in the streets. It has taken away our young men who gather in the city squares.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />'For death has come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.'<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For death hath come up into our windows, and hath entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />For death has come up into our windows, "" It has come into our palaces, "" To cut off the suckling from outside, "" Young men from the broad places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For death came up into our windows, it came into our palaces to cut off the child from without, the young men from the streets.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />‘For death has climbed through our windows. It has entered our houses to perish the little children from the outdoors, the youths from the streets.’ ”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Death has come up through our windows, has entered our citadels, To cut down children in the street, young people in the squares. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />“Death has come up into our windows, it has entered our palaces, to cut off the children from the streets and the young men from the squares.”<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For death is come up into our windows and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from the streets and the young men from the broad ways.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Because death has come up to our windows and it entered into our palaces to destroy boys from the streets, and young men from the broadways<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />For death is come up into our windows, It is entered into our palaces, To cut off the children from the street, And the young men from the broad places.--<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />For death has come up through your windows, it has entered into our land, to destroy the infants without, and the young men from the streets.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2979" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">A Lament over Zion</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">20</span>Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament. <span class="reftext">21</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mā·weṯ (N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">death</a> <a href="/hebrew/5927.htm" title="5927: ‘ā·lāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- A primitive root; to ascend, intransitively or actively; used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative.">has climbed in</a> <a href="/hebrew/2474.htm" title="2474: bə·ḥal·lō·w·nê·nū (Prep-b:: N-cpc:: 1cp) -- A window. A window.">through our windows;</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: bā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come.">it has entered</a> <a href="/hebrew/759.htm" title="759: bə·’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯê·nū (Prep-b:: N-mpc:: 1cp) -- A citadel. From an unused root; a citadel.">our fortresses</a> <a href="/hebrew/3772.htm" title="3772: lə·haḵ·rîṯ (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf) -- To cut off, cut down. A primitive root; to cut; by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant.">to cut off</a> <a href="/hebrew/5768.htm" title="5768: ‘ō·w·lāl (N-ms) -- A child. Or lolal; from uwl; a suckling.">the children</a> <a href="/hebrew/2351.htm" title="2351: mi·ḥūṣ (Prep-m:: N-ms) -- The outside, a street. Or chuts; from an unused root meaning to sever; properly, separate by a wall, i.e. Outside, outdoors.">from the streets,</a> <a href="/hebrew/970.htm" title="970: ba·ḥū·rîm (N-mp) -- A young man. Or bachur; participle passive of bachar; properly, selected, i.e. A youth.">the young men</a> <a href="/hebrew/7339.htm" title="7339: mê·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ (Prep-m:: N-mp) -- A broad open place, plaza. Or rchowb; from rachab; a width, i.e. avenue or area.">from the town squares.</a> </span><span class="reftext">22</span>Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-26.htm">Isaiah 3:26</a></span><br />And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn; destitute, she will sit on the ground.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-21.htm">Lamentations 2:21</a></span><br />Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. You have slain them in the day of Your anger; You have slaughtered them without compassion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-15.htm">Ezekiel 7:15</a></span><br />The sword is outside; plague and famine are within. Those in the country will die by the sword, and those in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/6-10.htm">Amos 6:10</a></span><br />And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/13-16.htm">Isaiah 13:16</a></span><br />Their infants will be dashed to pieces before their eyes, their houses will be looted, and their wives will be ravished.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-4.htm">Lamentations 4:4</a></span><br />The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst to the roof of his mouth. Little children beg for bread, but no one gives them any.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/9-6.htm">Ezekiel 9:6</a></span><br />Slaughter the old men, the young men and maidens, the women and children; but do not go near anyone who has the mark. Now begin at My sanctuary.” So they began with the elders who were before the temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></span><br />Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/32-25.htm">Deuteronomy 32:25</a></span><br />Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/8-12.htm">2 Kings 8:12</a></span><br />“Why is my lord weeping?” asked Hazael. “Because I know the evil you will do to the Israelites,” Elisha replied. “You will set fire to their fortresses, kill their young men with the sword, dash their little ones to pieces, and rip open their pregnant women.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/49-20.htm">Isaiah 49:20</a></span><br />Yet the children of your bereavement will say in your hearing, ‘This place is too small for us; make room for us to live here.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/6-8.htm">Revelation 6:8</a></span><br />Then I looked and saw a pale green horse. Its rider’s name was Death, and Hades followed close behind. And they were given authority over a fourth of the earth, to kill by sword, by famine, by plague, and by the beasts of the earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/9-18.htm">Revelation 9:18</a></span><br />A third of mankind was killed by the three plagues of fire, smoke, and sulfur that proceeded from their mouths.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Jeremiah 6:11</a></b></br> Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD; I am weary with holding in: I will pour it out upon the children abroad, and upon the assembly of young men together: for even the husband with the wife shall be taken, the aged with <i>him that is</i> full of days.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Jeremiah 15:7</a></b></br> And I will fan them with a fan in the gates of the land; I will bereave <i>them</i> of children, I will destroy my people, <i>since</i> they return not from their ways.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/36-17.htm">2 Chronicles 36:17</a></b></br> Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave <i>them</i> all into his hand.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/isaiah/15-3.htm">Broadways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Children</a> <a href="/nehemiah/4-3.htm">Climbed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-14.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/isaiah/48-9.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-8.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-7.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/isaiah/7-6.htm">Forcing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-5.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-7.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-5.htm">Palaces</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-3.htm">Places</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-14.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Street</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/isaiah/49-15.htm">Suckling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-6.htm">Way</a> <a href="/isaiah/57-8.htm">Wide</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-8.htm">Windows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-11.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Broad</a> <a href="/matthew/12-19.htm">Broadways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Children</a> <a href="/ezekiel/40-6.htm">Climbed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm">Cut</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-3.htm">Cutting</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-21.htm">Death</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-18.htm">Entered</a> <a href="/daniel/11-7.htm">Forcing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-27.htm">Fortresses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-6.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-22.htm">Houses</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-19.htm">Outside</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-27.htm">Palaces</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-26.htm">Places</a> <a href="/jeremiah/48-38.htm">Squares</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Street</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-6.htm">Streets</a> <a href="/jeremiah/44-7.htm">Suckling</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-2.htm">Way</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Wide</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-14.htm">Windows</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-22.htm">Young</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 9</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah laments the people for their manifold sins;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-9.htm">and for their judgment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">17. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their destruction;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">23. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">and to trust not in themselves, but in God.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">He threatens both Jews and Gentiles.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Windows, typically seen as points of light and ventilation, symbolize vulnerability here. The imagery of death climbing through windows suggests an invasion that bypasses traditional defenses, indicating that no place is safe from God's judgment. This reflects the broader theme of divine retribution found throughout the book of Jeremiah, where the prophet warns of the consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness to God.<p><b>it has entered our fortresses</b><br>Fortresses represent places of security and strength. The fact that death has entered these strongholds underscores the totality of the coming destruction. Historically, Jerusalem was a fortified city, yet even its defenses could not withstand the judgment decreed by God. This serves as a reminder of the futility of relying on human strength and fortifications when facing divine judgment. The imagery parallels the fall of other fortified cities in the Bible, such as Jericho, where human defenses were rendered useless against God's will.<p><b>to cut off the children from the streets,</b><br>The mention of children highlights the indiscriminate nature of the coming calamity. Streets, often bustling with the activity of daily life, will be emptied of their most innocent inhabitants. This phrase emphasizes the severity of the judgment, as even the young and vulnerable are not spared. It reflects the broader biblical theme of the consequences of sin affecting all generations, as seen in the warnings given in Deuteronomy about the blessings and curses contingent on Israel's obedience to God.<p><b>the young men from the town squares.</b><br>Young men, typically seen as symbols of strength and the future of a community, being cut off from the town squares signifies the loss of vitality and hope for the nation. Town squares were central to social and economic life, and their emptiness indicates societal collapse. This imagery is consistent with other prophetic warnings, such as those in Isaiah and Ezekiel, where the loss of young men in battle or through judgment signifies a nation's downfall. The absence of young men also foreshadows the exile, where the future leaders and warriors of Israel would be taken away, leaving the nation defenseless and desolate.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who conveyed God's messages to the people of Judah, warning them of impending judgment due to their unfaithfulness and sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing imminent destruction and exile due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/d/death.htm">Death</a></b><br>Personified in this verse as an invader, symbolizing the inevitable judgment and destruction that would come upon the people due to their sins.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/c/children_and_young_men.htm">Children and Young Men</a></b><br>Representing the future and strength of the nation, highlighting the devastating impact of the coming judgment on all generations.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/w/windows_and_fortresses.htm">Windows and Fortresses</a></b><br>Symbolic of the places of security and protection, indicating that no place is safe from the judgment of God when His people turn away from Him.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_inevitability_of_god's_judgment.htm">The Inevitability of God's Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is certain and cannot be avoided when His people persist in sin. This calls for a sober reflection on our own lives and communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_vulnerability_of_human_security.htm">The Vulnerability of Human Security</a></b><br>Earthly fortresses and securities cannot protect us from divine judgment. True security is found only in obedience and faithfulness to God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_future_generations.htm">The Impact of Sin on Future Generations</a></b><br>Sin has consequences that affect not just the present but also future generations. We must consider the legacy of faith and obedience we are leaving behind.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_urgency_of_repentance.htm">The Urgency of Repentance</a></b><br>The imagery of death entering through windows emphasizes the urgency of repentance. We must turn back to God before it's too late.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophetic_warning.htm">The Role of Prophetic Warning</a></b><br>Prophets like Jeremiah serve as God's messengers to warn us of impending danger. We should heed their warnings and align our lives with God's will.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 9</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/bible's_view_on_family_conflict.htm">What Old Testament prophecies predict the Messiah?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_jehu's_overthrow_of_joram.htm">Is there archaeological evidence supporting Jehu's violent overthrow of Joram and the circumstances of Jezebel's death (2 Kings 9:21-37)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/did_dogs_literally_eat_jezebel's_body.htm">Could dogs literally devour Jezebel's body as described in 2 Kings 9:33-35, or might this be symbolic hyperbole?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_delay_burial_in_2_sam_21_9.htm">In 2 Samuel 21:9, how is the extended exposure of the corpses justified when Deuteronomy 21:22-23 calls for prompt burial?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(21) <span class= "bld">Death is come up into our windows.</span>--"Death" stands here, as in <a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, if they say to you, Where shall we go forth? then you shall tell them, Thus said the LORD; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.">Jeremiah 15:2</a>, specifically for the pestilence, which is to add its horrors to those of the famine and the sword, and which creeps in with its fatal taint at the windows, even though the invader is for a time kept at bay, and cuts off the children who else would play "without," <span class= "ital">sc</span>., in the court-yard of the house, and the "young men" who else would gather, as were their wont, in the streets or the <span class= "ital">open places </span>of the city. The Hebrew word <span class= "ital">rehoboth </span>(comp. <a href="/genesis/26-22.htm" title="And he removed from there, and dig another well; and for that they strove not: and he called the name of it Rehoboth; and he said, For now the LORD has made room for us, and we shall be fruitful in the land.">Genesis 26:22</a>) answers to "piazza," "square," "market-place," rather than to our street.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 21.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Death is come up</span>, etc. "Death," equivalent to "pestilence" (as <a href="/jeremiah/15-2.htm">Jeremiah 15:2</a>), the most dreaded foe of a besieged population. (For the figure, comp. <a href="/joel/2-9.htm">Joel 2:9</a>.) <span class="cmt_word">The children from without</span>. The ideal of Zechariah is that "the streets of the city should be full of boys and girls playing in the streets thereof" (Jeremiah 8:5). But the pitiless reaper, Death, shall cut off even "the playful child from the street" (so we might render more literally). Streets, in the parallel clause, means the "broad places" where men congregate to toll the news. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">death</span><br /><span class="heb">מָ֙וֶת֙</span> <span class="translit">(mā·weṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> </span><span class="str2">Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">has climbed in</span><br /><span class="heb">עָ֤לָה</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5927.htm">Strong's 5927: </a> </span><span class="str2">To ascend, in, actively</span><br /><br /><span class="word">through our windows;</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּחַלּוֹנֵ֔ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḥal·lō·w·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - common plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2474.htm">Strong's 2474: </a> </span><span class="str2">A window</span><br /><br /><span class="word">it has entered</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּ֖א</span> <span class="translit">(bā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_935.htm">Strong's 935: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come in, come, go in, go</span><br /><br /><span class="word">our fortresses,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאַרְמְנוֹתֵ֑ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’ar·mə·nō·w·ṯê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_759.htm">Strong's 759: </a> </span><span class="str2">A citadel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to cut off</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהַכְרִ֤ית</span> <span class="translit">(lə·haḵ·rîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3772.htm">Strong's 3772: </a> </span><span class="str2">To cut, to destroy, consume, to covenant</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the children</span><br /><span class="heb">עוֹלָל֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ō·w·lāl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5768.htm">Strong's 5768: </a> </span><span class="str2">A suckling</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the streets,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִח֔וּץ</span> <span class="translit">(mi·ḥūṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2351.htm">Strong's 2351: </a> </span><span class="str2">Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the young men</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּחוּרִ֖ים</span> <span class="translit">(ba·ḥū·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_970.htm">Strong's 970: </a> </span><span class="str2">Selected, a youth</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the town squares.</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵרְחֹבֽוֹת׃</span> <span class="translit">(mê·rə·ḥō·ḇō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7339.htm">Strong's 7339: </a> </span><span class="str2">A broad open place, plaza</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/9-21.htm">Jeremiah 9:21 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/9-21.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 9:21 For death is come up into our (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:20"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:20" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/9-22.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:22"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:22" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>