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and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
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A Divine Shock Tactic
Commentators, particularly John Calvin, suggest Jeremiah's call for professional mourners was a dramatic, even ironic, attempt to awaken a spiritually numb people. Since direct prophetic warnings were ignored, God used the imagery of a familiar, emotional custom to force them to confront the reality of the coming judgment. This shows how God can use unconventional means to break through our complacency.
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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
Take up a wailing for us. —There is in all such figures of speech an inevitable blending of metaphors. The mourners wail …
Baptist
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters. For a voice…
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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
And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us Deliver out a mournful song, as the Arabic version; setting forth t…
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…