What Does Jeremiah 9:10 Mean?

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“For the mountains”

a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)

“will I take up”

to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative

“a weeping”

a weeping; by analogy, a dripping

“and wailing”

an elegy

above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

“and for the habitations”

a home; figuratively, a pasture

“of the wilderness”

a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert

“a lamentation”

a dirge (as accompanied by beating the breasts or on instruments)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“because they are burned up”

to burn or set on fire; figuratively, to desolate

properly, failure, i.e., nothing or destruction; usually (with preposition) without, not yet, because not, as long as, etc

“so that none”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“can pass”

to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“through them neither can men hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“the voice”

a voice or sound

“of the cattle”

something bought, i.e., property, but only live stock; abstractly, acquisition

“both the fowl”

a bird (as covered with feathers, or rather as covering with wings), often collectively

“of the heavens”

the sky (as aloft; the dual perhaps alluding to the visible arch in which the clouds move, as well as to the higher ether where the celestial bodies r

as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)

“and the beast”

properly, a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)

“are fled”

properly, to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away

“they are gone”

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)