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Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
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Professional Mourners
Commentators explain that the "mourning women" were professionals hired for funerals. They were skilled (or "cunning") in the art of public wailing and lamentation to help grieving families express their sorrow. This was a common and well-understood custom in the ancient world.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length.
Jeremiah 9:10
19th Century
Anglican
Mourning women ... cunning women. —Eastern funerals were, and are, attended by mourners, chiefly women, hired for…
Baptist
These were the hired mourners, the women who were paid to go to funerals and simulate grief. "Send for your weepers now," said the LORD of…
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16th Century
Protestant
In this passage, as in many others, the Prophet endeavors by a striking representation to truly touch the hearts of his people, for he saw that the…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Thus says the Lord of hosts, consider you the punishment that was just coming upon them, as Kimchi; or the words that the…
In Zion, the voice of joy and praise used to be heard while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound—it is now the voice of lame…
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13th Century
Catholic
Here, the prophet threatens punishment against the people themselves.
First, he specifies the punishment in terms of aff…
