Devine Scripture

Jeremiah 9:17

What does Jeremiah 9:17 mean?

A plain-English look at Jeremiah 9:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skilful women, that they may come:

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

This is what the Lord of armies has said: Take thought and send for the weeping women, so that they may come; and send for the wise women, so that they may come:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

Thus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

Thus saith the Lord of hosts the God of Israel: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, and let them come: and send to them that are wise women, and let them make haste:

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come;

Context

v.16I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

v.17This passage

v.18and 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.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ecclesiastes 12:5

    yea, they shall be afraid of that which is high, and terrors shall be in the way; and the almond-tree shall blossom, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail; because man goeth to his everlasting home, and the mourners go about the streets:

  • Matthew 9:23

    And when Jesus came into the ruler’s house, and saw the flute-players, and the crowd making a tumult,

  • Job 3:8

    Let them curse it that curse the day, Who are ready to rouse up leviathan.

  • 2 Chronicles 35:25

    And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations unto this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations.

  • Mark 5:38

    And they come to the house of the ruler of the synagogue; and he beholdeth a tumult, and many weeping and wailing greatly.

  • Amos 5:16

    Therefore thus saith Jehovah, the God of hosts, the Lord: Wailing shall be in all the broad ways; and they shall say in all the streets, Alas! alas! and they shall call the husbandman to mourning, and such as are skilful in lamentation to wailing.

Related questions readers ask

Keep reading

Want to dig deeper? Explore Jeremiah 9

Hand-picked devotionals, topical studies, and pastoral answers that draw on Jeremiah 9.

Keep exploring

Follow this verse across Scripture

Topics, devotionals, original-language word studies, and figures connected to Jeremiah 9:17.

Browse every hub

BibleTopicsBible answersDevotionalsFamous passagesWord studiesPeoplePlacesVerses for…Reading plansCommentary