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Jeremiah 9

Jer. 9:20 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Yet hear
shama` (Hebrew #8085)
to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)
KJV usage: X attentively, call (gather) together, X carefully, X certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, X diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), X indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, X surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.
Pronounce: shaw-mah'
Origin: a primitive root
the word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of the Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
, O ye women
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
y, and let your ear
'ozen (Hebrew #241)
broadness. i.e. (concrete) the ear (from its form in man)
KJV usage: + advertise, audience, + displease, ear, hearing, + show.
Pronounce: o'-zen
Origin: from 238
receive
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
the word
dabar (Hebrew #1697)
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, X any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, + chronicles, commandment, X commune(-ication), + concern(-ing), + confer, counsel, + dearth, decree, deed, X disease, due, duty, effect, + eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-)ness, + glory, + harm, hurt, + iniquity, + judgment, language, + lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, X ought, X parts, + pertaining, + please, portion, + power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, X (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, + sign, + so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, + song, speech, X spoken, talk, task, + that, X there done, thing (concerning), thought, + thus, tidings, what(-soever), + wherewith, which, word, work.
Pronounce: daw-baw'
Origin: from 1696
of his mouth
peh (Hebrew #6310)
the mouth (as the means of blowing), whether literal or figurative (particularly speech); specifically edge, portion or side; adverbially (with preposition) according to
KJV usage: accord(-ing as, -ing to), after, appointment, assent, collar, command(-ment), X eat, edge, end, entry, + file, hole, X in, mind, mouth, part, portion, X (should) say(-ing), sentence, skirt, sound, speech, X spoken, talk, tenor, X to, + two-edged, wish, word.
Pronounce: peh
Origin: from 6284
, and teach
lamad (Hebrew #3925)
properly, to goad, i.e. (by implication) to teach (the rod being an Oriental incentive)
KJV usage: (un-) accustomed, X diligently, expert, instruct, learn, skilful, teach(-er, - ing).
Pronounce: law-mad'
Origin: a primitive root
your daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
wailing
nhiy (Hebrew #5092)
an elegy
KJV usage: lamentation, wailing.
Pronounce: neh-hee'
Origin: from 5091
, and every one
'ishshah (Hebrew #802)
irregular plural, nashiym {naw-sheem'}; a woman (used in the same wide sense as 582)
KJV usage: (adulter)ess, each, every, female, X many, + none, one, + together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
Pronounce: ish-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 376 or 582
her neighbor
r`uwth (Hebrew #7468)
a female associate; generally an additional one
KJV usage: + another, mate, neighbour.
Pronounce: reh-ooth'
Origin: from 7462 in the sense of 7453
lamentation
qiynah (Hebrew #7015)
a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)
KJV usage: lamentation.
Pronounce: kee-naw'
Origin: from 6969
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Isa. 32:9‑13• 9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
 10For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on [your] loins.
 12They shall smite on the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
 13Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars: yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city. (Isa. 32:9‑13)

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Isa. 3:16‑4:1• 16And Jehovah saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks, and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
 17therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and Jehovah will discover their secret parts.
 18In that day the Lord will take away the ornament of anklets, and the networks, and the crescents,
 19the pendants, and the bracelets, and the mufflers,
 20the head-tires, and the ankle-chains, and the sashes, and the perfume-boxes, and the amulets,
 21the rings, and the nose-jewels,
 22the festival-robes and the mantles, and the shawls, and the bags ,
 23the mirrors, and the fine linen, and the turbans, and the flowing veils.
 24And it shall come to pass, instead of sweet spices there shall be rottenness and instead of a girdle, a rope; and instead of well-set hair, baldness; and instead of a stomacher, a girding of sackcloth; branding instead of beauty.
 25Thy men shall fall by the sword, and thy mighty in the war.
 26And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she, stripped , shall sit upon the ground.
 1And in that day seven women shall take hold of one man, saying, We will eat our own bread, and wear our own apparel: only let us be called by thy name. Take away our reproach. (Isa. 3:16‑4:1)
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Isa. 32:9‑13• 9Rise up, ye women that are at ease, hear my voice; ye careless daughters, give ear unto my speech.
 10For days beyond a year shall ye be troubled, ye careless women; for the vintage shall fail, the ingathering shall not come.
 11Tremble, ye women that are at ease; be troubled, ye careless ones; strip you, and make you bare, and gird [sackcloth] on [your] loins.
 12They shall smite on the breasts for the pleasant fields, for the fruitful vine.
 13Upon the land of my people shall come up thistles [and] briars: yea, upon all the houses of joy in the joyous city. (Isa. 32:9‑13)
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Luke 23:27‑30• 27And there followed him a great multitude of the people and of women who wailed and lamented him.
 28And Jesus turning to them said, Daughters of Jerusalem, weep not over me, but weep over yourselves and over your children;
 29for behold, days are coming in which they will say, Blessed the barren and wombs which bear not and breasts which suckled not.
 30Then shall they begin to say to the mountains, Fall upon us, and to the hills, Cover us. (Luke 23:27‑30)
receive.
Job 22:22• 22Receive, I pray thee, law from his mouth,{HR}And lay up his words in thy heart. (Job 22:22)
and teach.
Jer. 9:17‑18• 17{i}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;{/i}
 18{i}and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids pour forth waters.{/i} (Jer. 9:17‑18)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.

W. Kelly Translation

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Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)