Jeremiah 9:20
20 I said, ▼“So now, ▼
▼ It is a little difficult to explain how the Hebrew particle כִּי (ki) is functioning here. W. L. Holladay (Jeremiah [Hermeneia], 1:311) may be correct in seeing it as introducing the contents of what those who call for the mourning women are to say. In this case, Jeremiah picks up the task as representative of the people.
you wailing women, hear what the Lord says. ▼▼ Heb “Listen to the word of the Lord.”
▼▼ In this context the “word of the Lord” that they are to listen for is the word of the lament that they are to teach their daughters and neighbors.
Open your ears to the words from his mouth.
Teach your daughters this mournful song,
and each of you teach your neighbor ▼
▼ Heb “Teach…mournful song, and each woman her neighbor lady…”
this lament.
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