Yēlìmǐshū 9:20

20 Fùnǚ men nǎ , nǐmen dāng tīng Yēhéhuá de huà , lǐngshòu tā kǒu zhōng de yányǔ . yòu dāng jiàodǎo nǐmen de érnǚ jǔ āi , gèrén jiàodǎo línshè chàng āi gē .

Yēlìmǐshū 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.

Yēlìmǐshū 9:20 In-Context

18 Jiào tāmen sù sù wèi wǒmen jǔ āi , shǐ wǒmen yǎnleì wāng wāng , shǐ wǒmen de yǎnpí yǒng chū shuǐ lái .

19 Yīnwei tīngjian āi shēng chūyú Xī \'ān , shuō , wǒmen zĕnyàng baì luō le . wǒmen dàdà ddì cánkuì . wǒmen piĕ xià dì tǔ . rén yĕ chāihuǐ le wǒmen de fángwū .

20 Fùnǚ men nǎ , nǐmen dāng tīng Yēhéhuá de huà , lǐngshòu tā kǒu zhōng de yányǔ . yòu dāng jiàodǎo nǐmen de érnǚ jǔ āi , gèrén jiàodǎo línshè chàng āi gē .

21 Yīnwei sǐwáng shang lái , jìn le wǒmen de chuānghu , rù le wǒmen de gōngdiàn . yào cóng waìbiān jiǎnchú háitóng , cóng jiē shang jiǎnchú shàonián rén .

22 Nǐ dāng shuō , Yēhéhuá rúcǐ shuō , rén de shī shǒu bì dǎo zaì tiānyĕ xiàng fèntǔ , yòu xiàng shōugē de rén yí luō de yī bǎ hé jià , wú rén shōu qǔ .