Jeremiah 9:2-6
New American Standard Bible
2 [a](A)Oh that I had in the desert
A travelers’ lodging place;
So that I might leave my people
And go away from them!
For all of them are (B)adulterers,
An assembly of (C)treacherous people.
3 “They (D)bend their tongues like their bows;
Lies and not truth prevail in the land;
For they (E)proceed from evil to evil,
And they (F)do not know Me,” declares the Lord.
4 “Let everyone (G)be on guard against his neighbor,
And (H)do not trust any brother;
Because every (I)brother utterly [b]betrays,
And every neighbor (J)goes about as a slanderer.
5 Everyone (K)deceives his neighbor
And does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They (L)weary themselves committing wrongdoing.
6 Your (M)dwelling is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they (N)refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
- Jeremiah 9:4 I.e., like Jacob (a play on words)
Jeremiah 9:2-6
New International Version
2 Oh, that I had in the desert(A)
a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,(B)
a crowd of unfaithful(C) people.
3 “They make ready their tongue
like a bow, to shoot lies;(D)
it is not by truth
that they triumph[a] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
they do not acknowledge(E) me,”
declares the Lord.
4 “Beware of your friends;(F)
do not trust anyone in your clan.(G)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[b](H)
and every friend a slanderer.(I)
5 Friend deceives friend,(J)
and no one speaks the truth.(K)
They have taught their tongues to lie;(L)
they weary themselves with sinning.
6 You[c] live in the midst of deception;(M)
in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:3 Or lies; / they are not valiant for truth
- Jeremiah 9:4 Or a deceiving Jacob
- Jeremiah 9:6 That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)
Jeremiah 9:8
New American Standard Bible
8 Their (A)tongue is a deadly arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one (B)speaks peace to his neighbor,
But inwardly he (C)sets an ambush for him.
Jeremiah 9:8
New International Version
Hosea 7:13
New American Standard Bible
13 (A)Woe to them, for they have (B)strayed from Me!
Destruction is theirs, for they have rebelled against Me!
I (C)would redeem them, but they have spoken lies against Me.
Hosea 7:13
New International Version
Amos 2:4
New American Standard Bible
Judgment on Judah
4 This is what the Lord says:
“For three offenses of (A)Judah, and for four,
I will not revoke its punishment,
Because they (B)rejected the Law of the Lord
And have not kept His statutes;
Their [a](C)lies also have led them astray,
Those which their (D)fathers followed.
Footnotes
- Amos 2:4 Or false gods
Amos 2:4
New International Version
4 This is what the Lord says:
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