1. Jeremiah 9:17–22 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How can the section Jeremiah 9:17-22 be characterized?

Jeremiah 9:17–22 (ESV)

17 Thus says the LORD of hosts: “Consider, and call for the mourning women to come; send for the skillful women to come;

It is a lamentation, in which the Lord God calls the lamenting women to mourn his people.

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