18 Let them come quickly and wail over us till our eyes overflow with tears and water streams from our eyelids.
18 And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
18 let them make haste and raise a wailing over us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids flow with water.
18 Tell them to hurry - to help us express our loss and lament, Help us get our tears flowing, make tearful music of our crying.
18 Let them make haste And take up a wailing for us, That our eyes may run with tears, And our eyelids gush with water.
18 Quick! Begin your weeping! Let the tears flow from your eyes.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 9:18
Commentary on Jeremiah 9:12-22
(Read Jeremiah 9:12-22)
In Zion the voice of joy and praise used to be heard, while the people kept close to God; but sin has altered the sound, it is now the voice of lamentation. Unhumbled hearts lament their calamity, but not their sin, which is the cause of it. Let the doors be shut ever so fast, death steals upon us. It enters the palaces of princes and great men, though stately, strongly built, and guarded. Nor are those more safe that are abroad; death cuts off even the children from without, and the young men from the streets. Hearken to the word of the Lord, and mourn with godly sorrow. This alone can bring true comfort; and it can turn the heaviest afflictions into precious mercies.