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Call for the wailing women to come; send for the most skillful of them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/9.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “Consider all this, and call for the mourners. Send for the women who mourn at funerals.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning <i>women</i>, that they may come:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Consider and call for the mourning women, That they may come; And send for skillful <i>wailing</i> women, That they may come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />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!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, &#8220Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that they may come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that they may come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Thus says Yahweh of hosts, “Carefully consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the skillful women, that they may come!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, “Consider and call for the mourning women to come; Send for the wailing women to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Armies says: Consider, and summon the women who mourn; send for the skillful women.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Consider, and summon the women who mourn; send for the skillful women. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />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:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD All-Powerful said, "Make arrangements now for the women who are paid to weep at funerals, especially the women who can cry the loudest." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the cunning women, that they may come:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Armies says: Consider this: Call for the women who cry at funerals. Send for those who are the most skilled.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD Almighty said, "Think about what is happening! Call for the mourners to come, for the women who sing funeral songs." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says: "Think about what I'm saying! Indeed, call out the professional mourners! Send for the best of them to come.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ?Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD who rules over all told me to say to this people, "Take note of what I say. Call for the women who mourn for the dead! Summon those who are the most skilled at it!" <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:"<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for skillful women, that they may come:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus said YHWH of Hosts: “Consider, and call for mourning women, "" And they come, "" And send to the wise women, "" And they come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said Jehovah of armies, Give heed, and call ye for the wailing women, and they shall come forth; and send ye to the wise women, and they shall come forth.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, and let them come: and send to them that are wise women, and let them make haste: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Consider and call upon the women mourners, and let them approach. And send to those women who are wise, and let them hurry.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts: Inquire, and call the wailing women to come; summon the most skilled of them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skilled women to come;<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, Call for the mourning women that they may come; and send for women versed in lamentations that they may come;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts: “Call for the mourners, and they shall come, and send for the wise, and they shall come<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wise women, that they may come;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord, Call ye the mourning women, and let them come; and send to the wise women, and let them utter their voice;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/9-17.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=2934" 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">16</span>I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.” <span class="reftext">17</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/6635.htm" title="6635: ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ (N-cp) -- Or tsbadah; from tsaba'; a mass of persons, especially reg. Organized for war; by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively.">of Hosts</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/995.htm" title="995: hiṯ·bō·wn·nū (V-Hitpael-Imp-mp) -- To discern. A primitive root; to separate mentally, i.e.(generally) understand.">“Take note,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7121.htm" title="7121: wə·qir·’ū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To call, proclaim, read. A primitive root; to call out to.">and summon</a> <a href="/hebrew/6969.htm" title="6969: lam·qō·wn·nō·wṯ (Prep-l, Art:: V-Piel-Prtcpl-fp) -- To chant an elegy or dirge. A primitive root; to strike a musical note, i.e. Chant or wail.">the wailing women;</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: ū·ṯə·ḇō·w·’e·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3fp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7971.htm" title="7971: šil·ḥū (V-Qal-Imp-mp) -- To send. A primitive root; to send away, for, or out.">send</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: wə·ṯā·ḇō·w·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3fp) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: wə·’el- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/2450.htm" title="2450: ha·ḥă·ḵā·mō·wṯ (Art:: Adj-fp) -- Wise. From chakam; wise.">the most skillful among them.</a> </span><span class="reftext">18</span>Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.…<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="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-16.htm">Ezekiel 7:16-18</a></span><br />The survivors will escape and live in the mountains, moaning like doves of the valley, each for his own iniquity. / Every hand will go limp, and every knee will turn to water. / They will put on sackcloth, and terror will overwhelm them. Shame will cover all their faces, and all their heads will be shaved.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16-17</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Hosts, the Lord, says: “There will be wailing in all the public squares and cries of ‘Alas! Alas!’ in all the streets. The farmer will be summoned to mourn, and the mourners to wail. / There will be wailing in all the vineyards, for I will pass through your midst,” says the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/22-12.htm">Isaiah 22:12</a></span><br />On that day the Lord GOD of Hosts called for weeping and wailing, for shaven heads and the wearing of sackcloth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/2-18.htm">Lamentations 2:18-19</a></span><br />The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. O wall of the Daughter of Zion, let your tears run down like a river day and night. Give yourself no relief, and your eyes no rest. / Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Joel 1:8-13</a></span><br />Wail like a virgin dressed in sackcloth, grieving for the husband of her youth. / Grain and drink offerings have been cut off from the house of the LORD; the priests are in mourning, those who minister before the LORD. / The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-8.htm">Micah 1:8</a></span><br />Because of this I will lament and wail; I will walk barefoot and naked. I will howl like a jackal and mourn like an ostrich.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-9.htm">Revelation 18:9-11</a></span><br />Then the kings of the earth who committed sexual immorality and lived in luxury with her will weep and wail at the sight of the smoke rising from the fire that consumes her. / In fear of her torment, they will stand at a distance and cry out: “Woe, woe to the great city, the mighty city of Babylon! For in a single hour your judgment has come.” / And the merchants of the earth will weep and mourn over her, because there is no one left to buy their cargo—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_samuel/1-17.htm">2 Samuel 1:17-27</a></span><br />Then David took up this lament for Saul and his son Jonathan, / and he ordered that the sons of Judah be taught the Song of the Bow. It is written in the Book of Jashar: / “Your glory, O Israel, lies slain on your heights. How the mighty have fallen! ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">2 Chronicles 35:25</a></span><br />Then Jeremiah lamented over Josiah, and to this day all the male and female singers recite laments over Josiah. They established them as a statute for Israel, and indeed they are written in the Book of Laments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/5-38.htm">Mark 5:38-39</a></span><br />When they arrived at the house of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw the commotion and the people weeping and wailing loudly. / He went inside and asked, “Why all this commotion and weeping? The child is not dead, but asleep.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/11-33.htm">John 11:33-35</a></span><br />When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. / “Where have you put him?” He asked. “Come and see, Lord,” they answered. / Jesus wept.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-9.htm">James 4:9</a></span><br />Grieve, mourn, and weep. Turn your laughter to mourning, and your joy to gloom.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/15-2.htm">Isaiah 15:2-3</a></span><br />Dibon goes up to its temple to weep at its high places. Moab wails over Nebo, as well as over Medeba. Every head is shaved, every beard is cut off. / In its streets they wear sackcloth; on the rooftops and in the public squares they all wail, falling down weeping.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the LORD of hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:</p><p class="hdg">call.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">2 Chronicles 35:25</a></b></br> And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they <i>are</i> written in the lamentations.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-8.htm">Job 3:8</a></b></br> Let them curse it that curse the day, who are ready to raise up their mourning.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:5</a></b></br> Also <i>when</i> they shall be afraid of <i>that which is</i> high, and fears <i>shall be</i> in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:</p><p class="hdg">the mourning women.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-31.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Cunning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Skilful</a> <a href="/isaiah/40-20.htm">Skillful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-4.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Women</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Almighty</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Armies</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-20.htm">Consider</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Cunning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-16.htm">Hosts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Mourning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Skilful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Skillful</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Weeping</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Women</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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The title "LORD of Hosts" refers to God's command over the heavenly armies, underscoring His power and majesty. This introduction is common in prophetic literature, indicating the seriousness and divine origin of the message (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/1-24.htm">Isaiah 1:24</a>, <a href="/amos/3-13.htm">Amos 3:13</a>).<p><b>Take note,</b><br>This call to attention is a directive for the people to listen carefully and consider the gravity of the situation. It reflects the urgency and importance of the message that follows. In the context of Jeremiah, it is a call to heed the warnings of impending judgment due to the people's unfaithfulness.<p><b>and summon the wailing women;</b><br>In ancient Near Eastern cultures, professional mourners were often employed to lament at funerals and other times of communal grief. These women were skilled in expressing sorrow and leading others in mourning. The summoning of wailing women signifies the depth of the impending disaster and the need for public lamentation. This practice is also seen in other parts of Scripture, such as in <a href="/2_chronicles/35-25.htm">2 Chronicles 35:25</a>, where Jeremiah himself laments for Josiah.<p><b>send for the most skillful among them.</b><br>The emphasis on skillful mourners highlights the severity of the situation. It suggests that ordinary expressions of grief are insufficient for the calamity that is to come. The use of skilled mourners indicates a formal and intense period of mourning, reflecting the cultural practices of the time. This also serves as a metaphor for the depth of Israel's spiritual and moral decay, requiring an expert response to the profound loss they are about to experience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord_of_hosts.htm">The LORD of Hosts</a></b><br>This title emphasizes God's sovereignty and power over all heavenly and earthly armies. It underscores His authority in issuing commands and judgments.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet through whom God delivers His message. Jeremiah is known for his lamentations over the spiritual state of Judah and his warnings of impending judgment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/w/wailing_women.htm">Wailing Women</a></b><br>These were professional mourners in ancient Israelite culture, skilled in lamentation. Their role was to express collective grief and lead the community in mourning.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the primary audience of Jeremiah's prophecies. At this time, Judah is facing imminent judgment due to its persistent idolatry and disobedience.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/i/impending_judgment.htm">Impending Judgment</a></b><br>The context of this verse is a warning of the coming destruction and exile due to the people's unfaithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_sin.htm">The Seriousness of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has real consequences, and God’s call for wailing women underscores the gravity of Judah’s situation. We must recognize the seriousness of sin in our own lives and communities.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_lamentation.htm">The Role of Lamentation</a></b><br>Lamentation is a biblical response to sin and judgment. It is appropriate to mourn over personal and communal sin, leading to repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God’s Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>The LORD of Hosts commands the wailing, reminding us that God is sovereign over all events, including judgment. We must trust His wisdom and justice.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_involvement_in_repentance.htm">Community Involvement in Repentance</a></b><br>The call for skilled mourners indicates that repentance and lamentation are communal activities. We should engage with our faith communities in seeking God’s mercy.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_beyond_judgment.htm">Hope Beyond Judgment</a></b><br>While the immediate context is one of judgment, God’s ultimate desire is restoration. We should hold onto hope and seek God’s redemptive purposes even in times of discipline.<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/what_does_the_bible_say_on_discord.htm">How can I align my heart to revere You?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_there_proof_women_wept_for_tammuz.htm">In Ezekiel 8:14, is there historical or archaeological proof that women publicly wept for Tammuz in the Jerusalem temple at this time? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what's_jacob's_trouble_mean.htm">What is the meaning of Jacob's Trouble?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_john_11's_miracle_unique_to_john.htm">Why does this major miracle only appear in John and not in the other Gospels (John 11)? </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>(17) <span class= "bld">Mourning women . . .</span> <span class= "bld">cunning women.</span>--Eastern funerals were, and are, attended by mourners, chiefly women, hired for the purpose. Wailing was reduced to an art, and they who practised it were cunning. There are the "mourners" that "go about the streets" (<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm" title="Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:">Ecclesiastes 12:5</a>), those that "are skilful of lamentation" (<a href="/amos/5-16.htm" title="Therefore the LORD, the God of hosts, the LORD, said thus; Wailing shall be in all streets; and they shall say in all the highways, Alas! alas! and they shall call the farmer to mourning, and such as are skillful of lamentation to wailing.">Amos 5:16</a>), those that mourned for Jehoiakim (<a href="/jeremiah/22-18.htm" title="Therefore thus said the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah; They shall not lament for him, saying, Ah my brother! or, Ah sister! they shall not lament for him, saying, Ah lord! or, Ah his glory!">Jeremiah 22:18</a>), those that "wept and wailed greatly" in the house of Jairus (<a href="/mark/5-38.htm" title="And he comes to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and sees the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.">Mark 5:38</a>). They are summoned as to the funeral, not of a friend or neighbour, but of the nation.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 17-22.</span> - A new scene is introduced. To give an idea of the greatness of the impending blow, all the skilled mourners are sent for to raise the cry of lamentation. But no, this is not enough. So large will be the number of the dead that all the women must take their part in the doleful office. The description of the mourning women is as true to modern as to ancient life in the East. "And, indeed," says Dr. Shaw, a thoughtful traveler and an ornament of Oxford in the dark eighteenth century, "they perform their parts with such proper sounds, gestures, and commotions, that they rarely fail to work up the assembly into some extraordinary pitch of thoughtfulness and sorrow" ('Travels in Barbary and the Levant,' 2nd edit., p. 242; comp. <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16</a>; <a href="/ecclesiastes/12-5.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:5</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/9-17.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">This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Hosts</span><br /><span class="heb">צְבָא֔וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ṣə·ḇā·’ō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6635.htm">Strong's 6635: </a> </span><span class="str2">A mass of persons, reg, organized for, war, a campaign</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַר֙</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">“Take note,</span><br /><span class="heb">הִתְבּֽוֹנְנ֛וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hiṯ·bō·wn·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hitpael - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_995.htm">Strong's 995: </a> </span><span class="str2">To separate mentally, understand</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and summon</span><br /><span class="heb">וְקִרְא֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·qir·’ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7121.htm">Strong's 7121: </a> </span><span class="str2">To call, proclaim, read</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the wailing women;</span><br /><span class="heb">לַמְקוֹנְנ֖וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(lam·qō·wn·nō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l, Article | Verb - Piel - Participle - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6969.htm">Strong's 6969: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike a, musical note, chant, wail</span><br /><br /><span class="word">send</span><br /><span class="heb">שִׁלְח֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(šil·ḥū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7971.htm">Strong's 7971: </a> </span><span class="str2">To send away, for, out</span><br /><br /><span class="word">for</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the [most] skillful [among them].</span><br /><span class="heb">הַחֲכָמ֥וֹת</span> <span class="translit">(ha·ḥă·ḵā·mō·wṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2450.htm">Strong's 2450: </a> </span><span class="str2">Wise</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Jeremiah 9:17 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 9:17 Thus says Yahweh of Armies Consider you (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/9-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:18"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:18" /></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>