"Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:"
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Verse Jeremiah 9:17. _CALL FOR THE MOURNING WOMEN_] Those whose
office it was to make lamentations at funerals, and to bewail the
dead, for which they received _pay_. This custom continues to the
pre...
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The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three
verses is now detailed at great length.
Jeremiah 9:10
THE HABITATIONS I. E - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see
Jeremiah...
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CHAPTER 9
_ 1. The prophet's complaint and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 9:1) _
2. The cause of desolation and destruction (Jeremiah 9:10)
3. The call for the mourning and wailing women (Jeremiah 9:17...
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FAITHLESSNESS AND ITS RETRIBUTION: THE DIRGE OF DEATH. The humblest
caravanserai would be preferable to life among these evil men, with
their calumnies and the unfaithful use of power by those in auth...
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THUS SAITH, &C. This (verses: Jeremiah 9:17) develops the calamity,
for which this chapter gives the reason.
MOURNING WOMEN.. class still hired for the purpose. Compare 2 Samuel
1:24; 2 Chronicles 35...
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_cunning_ i.e. _skilled_. Cp. Genesis 25:27; 1Sa 16:18; 2 Chronicles
26:15....
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CONSIDER YE, &C.— The first lamentations for the dead consisted only
in the sudden bursts of insuppressible grief, like that of David over
his son Absalom, 2 Samuel 19:4. But, as men grew refined, it...
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2. _Death throughout the land_ (Jeremiah 9:17-22)
TRANSLATION
(17) Thus says the LORD of hosts: Consider and call for the mourning
women that they might come and unto the wise women send that they
mi...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning
women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may
come:
MOURNING WOMEN - hired to heighten lamentation by pl...
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1-22. The prophet continues his lament. The impending doom....
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MOURNING WOMEN... CUNNING WOMEN. — 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. Th...
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_[Jeremiah 9:16]_ כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה
צְבָאֹ֔ות הִתְבֹּֽונְנ֛וּ וְ
קִרְא֥וּ לַ † מְקֹונְנֹ֖ות וּ
תְבֹואֶ֑ינָה...
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception Jeremiah 10:1
shall be...
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In answer to his own question, Jeremiah sighed for some adequate means
of expressing the anguish of his heart, and then for escape to some
lonely place in the wilderness. All this was in the nature of...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for (n) the
skilful women, that they may come; and send for skilful [women], that
they may come:
(n) Seeing you cannot lament your own sins, call f...
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_Wise, in composing or singing the Nænia, or mournful songs,
recording the praises of the deceased. (Calmet) --- "This custom still
subsists in Judea: women go about with dishevelled hair and naked
br...
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Perhaps these mourning women means true weepers, and the cunning women
those which were counterfeit. And the counterfeit would have found
cause to change their cries into real sorrow, had they foresee...
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In this passage, as in many others, the Prophet endeavors by a
striking representation really to touch the hearts of his people, for
he saw that they were extremely refractory, insensible, and secure....
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 7, 8, AND 9.
Chapter 7 begins a new prophecy, contemplating especially the temple,
which, instead of being a protection (as the people, without
conscience, wo...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, CONSIDER YE,.... The punishment that was
just coming upon them, as Kimchi; or the words that the Lord was about
to say unto them; as follows:
AND CALL FOR THE MOURNING W...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning
women, that they may come; and send for cunning [women], that they may
come:
Ver. 17. _Consider ye._] _Intelligentes estote._ Is n...
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_Consider ye, and call for the mourning women_ Consider the evil
circumstances you are in, which call for mourning and lamentation: and
since you yourselves are not sufficiently affected with the dang...
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THE DESOLATION OF THE LAND...
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12-22 In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the
people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the
voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calamit...
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CONSIDER YE; either in how sad a condition you are, what circumstances
you are under; or rather, bethink yourselves what course to take: and
therefore he puts them upon mourning and bewailing their co...
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Jeremiah 9:17 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 Consider H995
(H8708) call H7121 (H8798) women H6969 (H8789) come H935 (H8799) send
H7971 (H8798) skillful H2450 come H935 (H8799)
call -...
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THOSE WHO ARE TRULY WISE WILL KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT GOD AND WILL THUS
UNDERSTAND WHY HE ACTS LIKE HE DOES IN BRINGING FINAL JUDGMENT ON
JUDAH (JEREMIAH 9:12).
The passage commences by asking who the t...
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Jeremiah 9:1. _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!_
Jeremiah foresaw that the Chaldeans would c...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, continued. Detestation of the
sins of the people. The vanity of trusting in anything but God.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who will not know God...
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Jeremiah 9:2. _Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodgingplace of
wayfaring men._ In countries where the peasantry are very poor,
travellers provide for themselves as they can. Even in Spain many of
th...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES. For Chronology and History, see chap.
7.
1. GEOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. Jeremiah 9:26. “_Egypt_.” sit. on N.E.
angle of Africa; a vast plain; in general features it may be...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 9:1
The Hebrew more correctly attaches this verse to Jeremiah 8:1. OH THAT
MY HEAD WERE WATERS, etc.! A quaint conceit, it may be said. But "if
we have been going on pace for pac...
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Now Jeremiah declares,
Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes were as a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my
people! Oh that I had in the wildernes...
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2 Chronicles 35:25; Amos 5:16; Amos 5:17; Ecclesiastes 12:5; Job 3:8;
Mark 5:38; Matthew 9:23...
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Women — Who were hired to tear their hair, and beat their breasts,
with other mourning postures, a foolish custom which has obtained in
most ages and countries. Cunning — Such as are most skilful in i...