In Jeremiah’s lament the Lord now gives instruction to the mourning women. They must teach their daughters a lament and each to her neighbour a dirge.
So great is the destruction that is coming that many mourners will be needed. The whole nation will be caught up in this tragedy.
20 Hear, O women, the word of the LORD, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; teach to your daughters a lament, and each to her neighbor a dirge.