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Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Let them make haste And take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run with tears, And our eyelids gush with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“Have them hurry and take up a wailing for us, So that our eyes may shed tears, And our eyelids flow with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears, And our eyelids flow with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Let them hurry and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let them come quickly to raise a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears, our eyelids be soaked with weeping.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Let them come quickly to raise a lament over us so that our eyes may overflow with tears, our eyelids soaked with weeping. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The people answered, "Let them come quickly and cry for us, until our own eyes are flooded with tears. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />They should come quickly and cry for us. Our eyes will run with tears. Our eyelids will flow with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The people said, "Tell them to hurry and sing a funeral song for us, until our eyes fill with tears, and our eyelids are wet from crying." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Let them hurry and lament for us. Let tears run down from our eyes, and let our eyelids flow with water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />I said, "Indeed, let them come quickly and sing a song of mourning for us. Let them wail loudly until tears stream from our own eyes and our eyelids overflow with water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they hurry, and lift up a wailing for us. And tears run down our eyes, "" And waters flow from our eyelids.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they hasten, and lift up for us a wailing. And run down our eyes do tears, And from our eyelids do waters flow.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And they shall hasten and lift up a lamentation for us, and our eyes shall go down with tears, and our eyelashes shall shake out waters.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Let them hasten and take up a lamentation for us: let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run down with waters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />‘Let them hasten to take up a lamentation over us. Let our eyes shed tears, and our eyelids run with water.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Let them come quickly and raise for us a dirge, That our eyes may run with tears, our pupils flow with water. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />let them quickly raise a dirge over us, so that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids flow with water.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And let them make haste and take up lamentations for us, so that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall hurry, and they shall take up lamentation for us, and tears shall run down our eyes, and our eyelids gush waters<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run down with tears, And our eyelids gush out with waters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />and let them take up a lamentation for you, and let your eyes pour down tears, and your eyelids drop water.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/9-18.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=2943" 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">17</span>This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/4116.htm" title="4116: ū·ṯə·ma·hê·rə·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Piel-ConjImperf-3fp) -- To hasten. A primitive root; properly, to be liquid or flow easily, i.e. to hurry; often used adverbially, promptly.">Let them come quickly</a> <a href="/hebrew/5375.htm" title="5375: wə·ṯiś·śe·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3fp) -- Or nacah ('abad); a primitive root; to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. And rel.">and take up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5092.htm" title="5092: ne·hî (N-ms) -- A wailing, lamentation, mourning song. From nahah; an elegy.">a lament</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘ā·lê·nū (Prep:: 1cp) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over us,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nê·nū (N-cdc:: 1cp) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">that our eyes</a> <a href="/hebrew/3381.htm" title="3381: wə·ṯê·raḏ·nāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf-3fp) -- To come or go down, descend. ">may overflow</a> <a href="/hebrew/1832.htm" title="1832: dim·‘āh (N-fs) -- Tears (of one weeping). Feminine of dema'; weeping.">with tears,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6079.htm" title="6079: wə·‘ap̄·‘ap·pê·nū (Conj-w:: N-mdc:: 1cp) -- Eyelid. From uwph; an eyelash; figuratively, morning ray.">and our eyelids</a> <a href="/hebrew/5140.htm" title="5140: yiz·zə·lū- (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To flow, trickle, drop, distill. A primitive root; to drip, or shed by trickling.">may gush</a> <a href="/hebrew/4325.htm" title="4325: mā·yim (N-mp) -- Waters, water. Dual of a primitive noun; water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen.">with water.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’ ”…<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/5-4.htm">Matthew 5:4</a></span><br />Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/18-10.htm">Revelation 18:10-11</a></span><br />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="/isaiah/22-4.htm">Isaiah 22:4</a></span><br />Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly! Do not try to console me over the destruction of the daughter of my people.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-16.htm">Lamentations 1:16</a></span><br />For these things I weep; my eyes flow with tears. For there is no one nearby to comfort me, no one to revive my soul. My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/27-30.htm">Ezekiel 27:30-31</a></span><br />They will raise their voices for you and cry out bitterly. They will throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. / They will shave their heads for you and wrap themselves in sackcloth. They will weep over you with anguish of soul and bitter mourning.<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="/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="/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="/zechariah/12-10.htm">Zechariah 12:10</a></span><br />Then I will pour out on the house of David and on the people of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and prayer, and they will look on Me, the One they have pierced. They will mourn for Him as one mourns for an only child, and grieve bitterly for Him as one grieves for a firstborn son.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/1-4.htm">2 Corinthians 1:4</a></span><br />who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-8.htm">Joel 1:8-9</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.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/12-15.htm">Romans 12:15</a></span><br />Rejoice with those who rejoice; weep with those who weep.<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.<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.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.</p><p class="hdg">take.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10,20</a></b></br> 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 <i>them</i>; neither can <i>men</i> hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone… </p><p class="hdg">our eyes.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah 9:1</a></b></br> Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/6-26.htm">Jeremiah 6:26</a></b></br> O daughter of my people, gird <i>thee</i> with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, <i>as for</i> an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Jeremiah 13:17</a></b></br> But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for <i>your</i> pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the LORD'S flock is carried away captive.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/56-12.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-19.htm">Drops</a> <a href="/proverbs/30-13.htm">Eyelids</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/isaiah/64-3.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-12.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/proverbs/15-2.htm">Gush</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-12.htm">Hasten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-16.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/isaiah/54-9.htm">Overflow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-18.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/isaiah/59-7.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">Run</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-18.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-2.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Tears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-8.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-15.htm">Water</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Waters</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-34.htm">Drops</a> <a href="/job/3-9.htm">Eyelids</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Flow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-5.htm">Flowing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-12.htm">Forth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-7.htm">Gush</a> <a href="/ezekiel/12-18.htm">Haste</a> <a href="/hosea/11-10.htm">Hasten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-14.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/jeremiah/47-2.htm">Overflow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Pour</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-16.htm">Quickly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-4.htm">Raise</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Run</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-3.htm">Shed</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Sorrow</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-14.htm">Streams</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-17.htm">Tears</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Wail</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm">Wailing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Water</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-13.htm">Waters</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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These mourners were often women who would express grief publicly, helping the community process collective sorrow. The urgency ("come quickly") underscores the severity of the situation, likely referring to the impending judgment and destruction of Jerusalem. This lamentation is not just a cultural ritual but a prophetic act, acknowledging the nation's sins and the resulting divine judgment. The call for lamentation echoes other biblical instances, such as in <a href="/amos/5-16.htm">Amos 5:16-17</a>, where wailing is heard in the streets due to God's judgment.<p><b>that our eyes may overflow with tears</b><br>The imagery of overflowing eyes signifies deep sorrow and repentance. In biblical literature, tears often symbolize genuine contrition and a plea for mercy. This phrase suggests a communal acknowledgment of guilt and a desire for reconciliation with God. The overflowing tears can be seen as a metaphor for the abundance of sin and the need for cleansing, reminiscent of <a href="/psalms/126-5.htm">Psalm 126:5</a>, where those who sow in tears will reap with songs of joy, indicating hope for restoration.<p><b>and our eyelids may gush with water</b><br>The gushing of water from the eyelids intensifies the expression of grief, indicating an uncontrollable and profound emotional response. This vivid imagery highlights the depth of the nation's despair and the seriousness of their situation. In a broader biblical context, water often symbolizes purification and renewal. The gushing water could be seen as a precursor to the cleansing and restoration that God promises to His people, as seen in <a href="/ezekiel/36-25.htm">Ezekiel 36:25-26</a>, where God promises to sprinkle clean water on Israel and give them a new heart.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>The prophet who is delivering God's message to the people of Judah. Known as the "weeping prophet," Jeremiah's ministry was marked by his deep sorrow over the people's sin and the impending judgment.<br><br>2. <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 destruction due to their persistent idolatry and disobedience to God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/l/lamentation.htm">Lamentation</a></b><br>A form of mourning or expressing deep sorrow. In this context, it is a call for the people to recognize their sin and the resulting judgment, leading to genuine repentance.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_lament.htm">The Call to Lament</a></b><br>Lamentation is a biblical response to sin and its consequences. It is not merely an emotional reaction but a spiritual discipline that leads to repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_the_prophet.htm">The Role of the Prophet</a></b><br>Jeremiah's role as a prophet was to convey God's truth, even when it was difficult. This teaches us the importance of speaking truth in love, even when it is unpopular or hard to hear.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>The call to lament in <a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18</a> reminds us that sin has real and devastating consequences. Recognizing and mourning over sin is the first step toward healing and reconciliation with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_restoration.htm">The Hope of Restoration</a></b><br>While the immediate context is one of judgment, the broader biblical account assures us of God's desire to restore and redeem His people when they turn back to Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_community_in_mourning.htm">The Importance of Community in Mourning</a></b><br>The communal call to lament highlights the importance of supporting one another in times of spiritual and emotional distress, encouraging collective repentance and healing.<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_wormwood_mean_in_revelation.htm">What does wormwood symbolize in Revelation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_should_others_be_treated.htm">Who is known as the Weeping Prophet?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_jer._9_15's_'wormwood'_be_historical.htm">Jeremiah 9:15 mentions God giving 'wormwood' and 'poisoned water' as judgment--can this be reconciled with known scientific or historical data?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/key_themes_in_jeremiah.htm">What are the key themes in the Book of Jeremiah?</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>(18) <span class= "bld">Take up a wailing for us.</span>--There is in all such figures of speech an inevitable blending of metaphors. The mourners wail for the dead nation, and yet the members of the nation are sharers in the obsequies, and their eyes run down with tears.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">That our eyes may run down</span>, etc.; a justification of this artificial system-The piercing notes of the hired mourners are to relieve the sorrow of the afflicted by forcing for it a vent. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/9-18.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">Let them come quickly</span><br /><span class="heb">וּתְמַהֵ֕רְנָה</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ṯə·ma·hê·rə·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4116.htm">Strong's 4116: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be liquid, flow easily, to hurry, promptly</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and take up</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתִשֶּׂ֥נָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯiś·śe·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5375.htm">Strong's 5375: </a> </span><span class="str2">To lift, carry, take</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a lament</span><br /><span class="heb">נֶ֑הִי</span> <span class="translit">(ne·hî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5092.htm">Strong's 5092: </a> </span><span class="str2">A wailing, lamentation, mourning song</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over us,</span><br /><span class="heb">עָלֵ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·lê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that our eyes</span><br /><span class="heb">עֵינֵ֙ינוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(‘ê·nê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - cdc | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eye, a fountain</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may overflow</span><br /><span class="heb">וְתֵרַ֤דְנָה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ṯê·raḏ·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect - third person feminine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3381.htm">Strong's 3381: </a> </span><span class="str2">To come or go down, descend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with tears,</span><br /><span class="heb">דִּמְעָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(dim·‘āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1832.htm">Strong's 1832: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tears (of one weeping)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and our eyelids</span><br /><span class="heb">וְעַפְעַפֵּ֖ינוּ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·‘ap̄·‘ap·pê·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - mdc | first person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6079.htm">Strong's 6079: </a> </span><span class="str2">An eyelash, morning ray</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may stream</span><br /><span class="heb">יִזְּלוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(yiz·zə·lū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5140.htm">Strong's 5140: </a> </span><span class="str2">To flow, trickle, drop, distill</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with waters.</span><br /><span class="heb">מָֽיִם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mā·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4325.htm">Strong's 4325: </a> </span><span class="str2">Water, juice, urine, semen</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/9-18.htm">Jeremiah 9:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/9-18.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 9:18 And let them make haste and take (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/9-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:19" /></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>