Jeremiah 2:17-19
Legacy Standard Bible
17 Have you not (A)done this to yourself
By your forsaking Yahweh your God
When He (B)led you in the way?
18 But now what are you doing (C)on the road to Egypt,
To drink the waters of the [a](D)Nile?
Or what are you doing on the road to Assyria,
To drink the waters of the [b]River?
19 (E)Your own evil will chastise you,
And your (F)acts of faithlessness will reprove you;
Know therefore and see that it is evil and (G)bitter
For you to forsake Yahweh your God,
And (H)the dread of Me is not in you,” declares Lord Yahweh of hosts.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:18 Heb Shihor
- Jeremiah 2:18 The Euphrates River
Jeremiah 2:17-19
New International Version
17 Have you not brought this on yourselves(A)
by forsaking(B) the Lord your God
when he led you in the way?
18 Now why go to Egypt(C)
to drink water from the Nile[a]?(D)
And why go to Assyria(E)
to drink water from the Euphrates?(F)
19 Your wickedness will punish you;
your backsliding(G) will rebuke(H) you.
Consider then and realize
how evil and bitter(I) it is for you
when you forsake(J) the Lord your God
and have no awe(K) of me,”
declares the Lord, the Lord Almighty.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 2:18 Hebrew Shihor; that is, a branch of the Nile
Jeremiah 9:2-9
Legacy Standard Bible
2 [a](A)Oh that I had in the desert
A travelers’ lodging place,
That I might leave my people
And go from them!
For all of them are (B)adulterers,
A solemn assembly of (C)treacherous men.
3 “They (D)bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and unfaithfulness prevail in the land,
For they (E)go onward from evil to evil,
And they (F)do not know Me,” declares Yahweh.
4 “Let everyone (G)beware of his neighbor,
And (H)do not trust any brother,
Because every (I)brother [b]surely supplants,
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 iniquity.
6 Your (M)habitation is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they (N)refuse to know Me,” declares Yahweh.
7 Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts,
“Behold, I will refine them and (O)test them;
For (P)what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?
8 Their (Q)tongue is a slaughtering arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one (R)speaks peace to his neighbor,
But inwardly he (S)sets an ambush for him.
9 (T)Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares Yahweh.
“On a nation such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
- Jeremiah 9:4 Heb sounds like Jacob (a play on words)
Jeremiah 9:2-9
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.
7 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:
“See, I will refine(N) and test(O) them,
for what else can I do
because of the sin of my people?
8 Their tongue(P) is a deadly arrow;
it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,(Q)
but in their hearts they set traps(R) for them.(S)
9 Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(T) myself
on such a nation as this?”
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)
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