Jeremías 9:20

20 Escuchen, ustedes mujeres, las palabras del Señor
;
abran sus oídos a lo que él tiene que decir.
Enseñen a sus hijas a gemir;
enséñense unas a otras a lamentarse.

Jeremías 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.

Jeremías 9:20 In-Context

18 ¡Rápido! ¡Comiencen a llorar!
Que las lágrimas fluyan de sus ojos.

19 Escuchen a los habitantes de Jerusalén
llorando desesperados:
“¡Estamos arruinados! ¡Estamos totalmente humillados!
Tenemos que abandonar nuestra tierra,
porque derribaron nuestras casas”».

20 Escuchen, ustedes mujeres, las palabras del Señor
;
abran sus oídos a lo que él tiene que decir.
Enseñen a sus hijas a gemir;
enséñense unas a otras a lamentarse.

21 Pues la muerte se ha deslizado a través de nuestras ventanas
y ha entrado a nuestras mansiones.
Ha acabado con la flor de nuestra juventud:
los niños ya no juegan en las calles,
y los jóvenes ya no se reúnen en las plazas.

22 Esto dice el Señor
:
«Se esparcirán cadáveres a través de los campos como montones de estiércol,
como manojos de grano después de la cosecha.
No quedará nadie para enterrarlos».