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Yahweh tells the people of Judah to mourn for the coming destruction of the land.
Yahweh of hosts says this
Jeremiah often uses these words to introduce an important message from Yahweh. See how you translated this in Jeremiah 6:6.
Summon funeral singers; let them come ... Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them 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" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
Summon funeral singers
"Call women who are professional singers at funerals"
let them come
This is an idiom. Alternate translation: "tell the women to come" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
Send out for women skilled at lamenting
The phrase "send out for" is an idiom. Alternate translation: "Send people out to get women who are skilled at mourning" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)