Jeremia 9:20

20 Denn höret, ihr Weiber, das Wort Jehovas, und euer Ohr fasse das Wort seines Mundes; und lehret eure Töchter Wehklage und eine die andere Klagegesang.

Jeremia 9:20 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:20

Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women
Not the mourning women, but others who had lost their husbands and their children, and had just reason for real mourning; and therefore they are called upon to it, not only because they were more tenderhearted than men, as Kimchi observes; or because they were more attentive to the hearing of the word of God than men; but because of the paucity of men, such numbers being slain in the siege, and by the sword; and of the loss the women had sustained, see ( Jeremiah 9:22 ) : and let your ear receive the word of his mouth;
by his prophets; so the Targum,

``let your ear hearken to the words of his prophets:''

and teach your daughters wailing.
The Arabic version, "a mournful song"; but not the daughters of the mourning women are meant; but the real daughters of those who had lost their husbands or children; since it follows: and everyone her neighbour lamentation;
signifying that the mortality among them would be very universal, not a family escaping; which is described in the next verses. This wailing and lamentation was made by responses, according to the Jews; for they say ^F4,

``what is lamentation? when one speaks, and all the rest answer after her, as it is written in ( Jeremiah 9:20 ) .''

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 Misn. Moed Katon, c. 3. sect. 9.

Jeremia 9:20 In-Context

18 daß sie kommen und eilends eine Wehklage über uns erheben, damit unsere Augen von Tränen rinnen und unsere Wimpern von Wasser fließen.

19 Denn eine Stimme der Wehklage wird aus Zion gehört: "Wie sind wir verwüstet! Wir sind völlig zu Schanden geworden; denn wir haben das Land verlassen müssen, denn sie haben unsere Wohnungen umgestürzt".

20 Denn höret, ihr Weiber, das Wort Jehovas, und euer Ohr fasse das Wort seines Mundes; und lehret eure Töchter Wehklage und eine die andere Klagegesang.

21 Denn der Tod ist durch unsere Fenster gestiegen, er ist in unsere Paläste gekommen, um das Kind auszurotten von der Gasse, die Jünglinge von den Straßen.

22 Rede: So spricht Jehova: Ja, die Leichen der Menschen werden fallen wie Dünger auf der Fläche des Feldes und wie eine Garbe hinter dem Schnitter, die niemand sammelt.