Jer 9:20 | JFB | STEP | 20. Yet-- rather, "Only" [Henderson]. This particle calls attention to what follows. teach ... daughters wailing-- The deaths will be so many that there will be a lack of mourning women to bewail them. The mothers, therefore, must teach their daughters the science to supply the want.

‏ Jeremiah 9:20

20. Yet--rather, "Only" [Henderson]. This particle calls attention to what follows.

teach ... daughters wailing--The deaths will be so many that there will be a lack of mourning women to bewail them. The mothers, therefore, must teach their daughters the science to supply the want.