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A Sorrow Too Great to Hire
Commentators explain that the coming judgment will be so widespread that professional mourners will not suffice. Jeremiah calls on all women to learn and teach lamentations to their daughters and neighbors, signifying that the devastation will touch every single family, making the grief personal and universal.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 9:10–22
18th Century
Theologian
The punishment described in general terms in the preceding three verses is now detailed at great length.
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 9:20
19th Century
Bishop
Teach your daughters wailing. —The thought of Jeremiah 9:9 is continued. The words rest upon the idea that wailing was an…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 9:20–21
19th Century
Preacher
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 9:20–21
16th Century
Theologian
He proceeds with the same subject but adopts another figure. He then somewhat changes the comparison, for he had instructed them before to hire wom…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 9:20
17th Century
Pastor
Yet hear the word of the Lord, O you women
Not the mourning women, but others who had lost their husbands and their …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 9:12–22
17th Century
Minister
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 la…