耶利米书 9:20

20 妇 女 们 哪 , 你 们 当 听 耶 和 华 的 话 , 领 受 他 口 中 的 言 语 ; 又 当 教 导 你 们 的 儿 女 举 哀 , 各 人 教 导 邻 舍 唱 哀 歌 。

耶利米书 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 ) .''

FOOTNOTES:

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

耶利米书 9:20 In-Context

18 叫 他 们 速 速 为 我 们 举 哀 , 使 我 们 眼 泪 汪 汪 , 使 我 们 的 眼 皮 涌 出 水 来 。
19 因 为 听 见 哀 声 出 於 锡 安 , 说 : 我 们 怎 样 败 落 了 ! 我 们 大 大 地 惭 愧 ! 我 们 撇 下 地 土 ; 人 也 拆 毁 了 我 们 的 房 屋 。
20 妇 女 们 哪 , 你 们 当 听 耶 和 华 的 话 , 领 受 他 口 中 的 言 语 ; 又 当 教 导 你 们 的 儿 女 举 哀 , 各 人 教 导 邻 舍 唱 哀 歌 。
21 因 为 死 亡 上 来 , 进 了 我 们 的 窗 户 , 入 了 我 们 的 宫 殿 ; 要 从 外 边 剪 除 孩 童 , 从 街 上 剪 除 少 年 人 。
22 你 当 说 , 耶 和 华 如 此 说 : 人 的 尸 首 必 倒 在 田 野 像 粪 土 , 又 像 收 割 的 人 遗 落 的 一 把 禾 稼 , 无 人 收 取 。
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