Jeremiah 9:21

Translations

Modern

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

Traditional

For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

Literal

For death has come up into our windows; it enters into our fortresses, to cut off the child from outside, the young men from the squares.

Latin

…quia ascendit mors per fenestras nostras; ingressa est domos nostras, disperdere parvulos deforis, juvenes de plateis.

Original

Hebrew

English

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

Notes

Jeremiah 9:20–21

Due to many deaths in the city, there were not enough professional mourners. Women were encouraged to quickly teach their daughters how to mourn skillfully.

Jeremiah 9:17–26

This series includes four short poems and a brief prose passage. They are messages from the Lord, likely delivered to the people of Judah by Jeremiah. Three poems describe the effects of the Lord's judgment on the people. The fourth poem offers encouragement. The prose section predicts doom for Judah and its neighboring nations.

Jeremiah 8:18–9:26

The priests in the Temple memorized and repeated prayers as part of their rituals. They believed using the exact words was crucial; otherwise, the prayers lost their magical power. The character of the priests saying the prayers was not very important. This was also true for lamentations. In contrast, Jeremiah's prayers and lamentations were spontaneous and deeply personal.

Theme notes and profiles

The New Covenant

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 6:11
But I am full of the LORD’s wrath; I am tired of holding it back. “Pour it out on the children in the street, and on the young men gathered together. For both husband and wife will be captured, the old and the very old alike.
Ezekiel 9:5–6
And as I listened, He said to the others, “Follow him through the city and start killing; do not show pity or spare anyone!
2 Chronicles 36:17
So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who put their young men to the sword in the sanctuary, sparing neither young men nor young women, neither elderly nor infirm. God gave them all into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar,
Jeremiah 15:7
I will scatter them with a winnowing fork at the gates of the land. I will bereave and destroy My people who have not turned from their ways.
Ezekiel 21:14–15
‘So then, son of man, prophesy and strike your hands together. Let the sword strike two times, even three. It is a sword that slays, a sword of great slaughter closing in on every side!
Amos 6:10–11
And when the relative who is to burn the bodies picks them up to remove them from the house, he will call to one inside, “Is anyone else with you?” “None,” that person will answer. “Silence,” the relative will retort, “for the name of the LORD must not be invoked.”

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Funeral Customs Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Palaces: Often As Punishment: Scenes of Bloodshed Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments War: Evils of

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