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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 9:10-22

The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length.Jeremiah 9:10The habitations i. e - the temporary encampments of the shepherds (see Jeremiah 6:3).So that none can ... - Or, “They are parched up, with no man to pass through them; neither do they hear the voice of cattle; from the birds of the heaven even to the beasts they “are fled, they are gone.”Jeremiah 9:11Dragons - Rather, jackals.Jeremiah 9:12For what the land perisheth ... - This is... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 9:1-22

Mourning for Judah (8:18-9:22)The prophet is overcome with grief as he foresees the tragic end of the nation. The people wonder why God their King does not save them. God replies that it is because of their idolatry. They now realize that they can no longer expect his salvation (18-20). Nothing can heal Judah’s spiritual sickness now; the end has come. And nothing can heal the wounds of grief in Jeremiah’s heart as he sees his people suffer (21-22).Jeremiah is unable to express the extent of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 9:19

How. ! Supply Ellip sis: "[saying], How is it", &c. because. Some codices, with three early printed editions (one Rabbinic), read "yea, for", or "for indeed". our dwellings, &c .: or, they have cast down our habitations. Compare Daniel 8:11 .Job 8:18 . Ezekiel 19:12 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 9:20

Yet: or, For, or Yea. women. These had been largely the instrumental cause; now they share the calamities. read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 9:19

19. The cry of "the mourning women." spoiled—laid waste. dwellings cast us out—fulfilling Leviticus 18:28; Leviticus 20:22. CALVIN translates, "The enemy have cast down our habitations." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 9:20

20. Yet—rather, "Only" [HENDERSON]. This particle calls attention to what follows. teach . . . daughters wailing—The deaths will be so many that there will be a lack of mourning women to bewail them. The mothers, therefore, must teach their daughters the science to supply the want. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 9:17-22

A dirge over Jerusalem 9:17-22What follows is a brilliant prophetic elegy. It contains two pronouncements from the Lord (Jeremiah 9:17-22). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 9:19

The reason for this mourning was that the residents of Zion would bewail their ruin and shame, in having to leave the land as captives, with their homes destroyed. In Jeremiah, "Zion" is primarily Jerusalem seen as the dwelling place of God (cf. Jeremiah 8:19). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 9:20

Jeremiah instructed the professional mourners, on the Lord’s behalf, to teach their daughters how to wail, and to teach their neighbors a dirge. read more

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