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: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers consider and,summon (to)_the,who]_wail so,that_they_may_come and=near/to the_skillful,[women] send so,that_they_may_come )

Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 6:6.

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: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers consider and,summon (to)_the,who]_wail so,that_they_may_come and=near/to the_skillful,[women] send so,that_they_may_come )

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: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers consider and,summon (to)_the,who]_wail so,that_they_may_come and=near/to the_skillful,[women] send so,that_they_may_come )

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: thus he/it_had_said YHWH armies/messengers consider and,summon (to)_the,who]_wail so,that_they_may_come and=near/to the_skillful,[women] send so,that_they_may_come )

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