Jeremiah 9:21

Verse

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets.

Free Bible Version

Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the children playing in the streets and the young people gathering in the town squares.

Geneva Bible 1599

For death is come vp into our windowes, and is entred into our palaces, to destroy the children without, and the yong men in the streetes.

King James (Authorized) Version

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.

Translation for Translators

because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men gathering in the city squares/marketplaces.

Unlocked Literal Bible

For death has come through our windows; it goes into our palaces. It destroys children from outside, and young men in the city squares.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.

Young's Literal Translation

For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.

Context

A Lament over Zion

²⁰Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament. ²¹For 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.

Sermons

De Vitis Patrum, Book Ix

Heribert Rosweyde

Summary

Jeremiah mourns the devastation and destruction brought upon the people of Judah, expressing deep sorrow over the calamity that has befallen them. The prophet's lamentation reflects the consequences of their disobedience and sin, leading to the harsh judgment of God. Through this verse, Jeremiah conveys the severity of God's righteous judgment and the importance of repentance to avert further disaster. It serves as a poignant reminder of the need for genuine remorse and turning back to God to seek His mercy and restoration.

Commentary

Keil-Delitzsch
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

The numbers of the dead will be so great, that the bodies will be left lying unburied. The concluding touch to this awful picture is introduced by the formula, "Speak: Thus saith the Lord," as a distinct word from God to banish all doubt of the truth of the statement. This formula is interposed parenthetically, so that the main idea of the clause is joined by ו cop. to Jer 9:20. This ו is not to be deleted as a gloss, as it is by Ew. and others, because it is not found in the lxx. With "as dung," cf. Jer 8:2; Jer 16:4. עמיר, prop. a bundle of stalks, grasped by the hand and cut, then = עמר, sheaf. As a sheaf behind the reaper, which nobody gathers, i.e., which is left to lie unheeded, is not brought by the reaper into the barn. The point of the simile is in the lying unheeded. Strange to say, Graf and Ng. propose to refer the "none gathereth" not to the sheaf of the shearer, but to the dead bodies: whereas the reaper piles the sheaves upon the waggon ad brings them to the threshing-floor, the corpses are left ungathered.

John Gill Bible Commentary

For death is come up into our windows,.... Their doors being shut, bolted, and barred, they thought themselves safe, but were not; the Chaldeans scaled their walls, broke in at the tops of their houses, or at their windows, and destroyed them: for the invasion of the enemy, and the manner of their entrance into them, seem to be described. Death is here represented as a person, as it sometimes is in Scripture; see Rev 6:8 and as coming suddenly and unawares upon men, and from whom there is no escape, or any way and method of keeping him out; bolts and bars will not do; he can climb up, and go in at the window: and is entered into our palaces; the houses of their principal men, which were well built, and most strongly fortified, these could not keep out the enemy: and death spares none, high nor low, rich nor poor; it enters the palaces of great men, as well as the cottages of the poor. The Septuagint version is, "it is entered into our land"; and so the Arabic version; only it places the phrase, "into our land", in the preceding clause; and that of "into", or "through our windows", in this: to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets; these words are not strictly to be connected with the preceding, as though they pressed the end of death, ascending up to the windows, and entering palaces, to cut off such as were in the streets; but the words are a proposition of themselves, as the distinctive accent "athnach" shows; and must be supplied after this manner, and passing through them it goes on, "to cut off", &c. and so aptly describes the invading enemy climbing the walls of the city, entering at windows, or tops of houses, upon or near the walls; and, having destroyed all within, goes forth into the streets, where children were at play, and slays them and into courts or markets, where young men were employed in business, and destroys them. The Jews (e) interpret it of famine. (e) T. Bab. Bava Kama, fol. 60. 2.

Jeremiah 9:21

A Lament over Zion

Scripture
Sermons
Commentary

Berean Standard Bible

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.

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Bible in Basic English

For death has come up into our windows, forcing its way into our great houses; cutting off the children in the streets and the young men in the wide places.

Douay-Rheims 1899

For death is come up through our windows, it is entered into our houses to destroy the children from without, the young men from the streets.

Free Bible Version

Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the children playing in the streets and the young people gathering in the town squares.

Geneva Bible 1599

For death is come vp into our windowes, and is entred into our palaces, to destroy the children without, and the yong men in the streetes.

King James (Authorized) Version

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.

Translation for Translators

because people will be dying [PRS] in your houses and in palaces. There will be no more children playing in the streets, there will be no more young men gathering in the city squares/marketplaces.

Unlocked Literal Bible

For death has come through our windows; it goes into our palaces. It destroys children from outside, and young men in the city squares.

Noah Webster Bible

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

World English Bible

For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.

Young's Literal Translation

For death hath come up into our windows, It hath come into our palaces, To cut off the suckling from without, Young men from the broad places.

Keil-Delitzsch
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
John Gill

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 9:21

Verse

Context

A Lament over Zion

Sermons

Summary

Commentary

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 9:21

A Lament over Zion

De Vitis Patrum, Book Ix

Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch Old Testament Commentary

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

John Gill Bible Commentary