uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

Yahweh tells the people of Judah to mourn for the coming destruction of the land.

(Occurrence 0) Yahweh of hosts says this

(Some words not found in UHB: and,let_them_hasten and,let_them_take_up on,us wailing so,that_they_may_run_down eyes_of,our tears and,eyelids_of,our flow water )

Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in [Jeremiah 6:6](../06/06.md).

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

(Occurrence 0) Summon funeral singers; let them come … Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come

(Some words not found in UHB: and,let_them_hasten and,let_them_take_up on,us wailing so,that_they_may_run_down eyes_of,our tears and,eyelids_of,our flow water )

These two phrases have the same meaning. They emphasize that they are to call funeral singers to come. Alternate translation: “Get women who are trained in mourning and bring those women here”

(Occurrence 0) Summon funeral singers

(Some words not found in UHB: and,let_them_hasten and,let_them_take_up on,us wailing so,that_they_may_run_down eyes_of,our tears and,eyelids_of,our flow water )

Alternate translation: “Call women who are professional singers at funerals”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) Send out for women skilled at lamenting

(Some words not found in UHB: and,let_them_hasten and,let_them_take_up on,us wailing so,that_they_may_run_down eyes_of,our tears and,eyelids_of,our flow water )

The phrase “send out for” is an idiom. Alternate translation: “Send people out to get women who are skilled at mourning”