Jeremías 9:20

20 Escuchen, mujeres, la palabra del SEÑOR;reciban sus oídos la palabra de su boca.Enseñen a sus hijas a entonar endechas;que unas a otras se enseñen este lamento:

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 Que se den prisa,que hagan lamentación por nosotros.Nuestros ojos se inundarán de lágrimas,y brotará de nuestros párpados el llanto.

19 Desde Sión se escuchan gemidos y lamentos:“Hemos sido devastados;nos han avergonzado por completo.Tenemos que abandonar el país,porque han derribado nuestros hogares”».

20 Escuchen, mujeres, la palabra del SEÑOR;reciban sus oídos la palabra de su boca.Enseñen a sus hijas a entonar endechas;que unas a otras se enseñen este lamento:

21 «La muerte se ha metido por nuestras ventanas,ha entrado en nuestros palacios;ha eliminado en las calles a los niños,y en las plazas a los jóvenes.

22 Yacen tendidos los cadáverescomo estiércol sobre los campos,como gavillas que caen tras el segador,sin que nadie las recoja»,afirma el SEÑOR.