Jeremiah 9:17-19
17. mourning women—hired to heighten lamentation by plaintive cries baring the breast, beating the arms, and suffering the hair to flow dishevelled (2Ch 35:25; Ec 12:5; Mt 9:23).
cunning—skilled in wailing.18. (Jer 14:17).
19. The cry of "the mourning women."
spoiled—laid waste. dwellings cast us out—fulfilling Le 18:28; 20:22. CALVIN translates, "The enemy have cast down our habitations."
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