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Jeremiah 9  Legacy Standard Bible

9 [a](A)Oh that my head were waters
And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the (B)daughter of my people!
2 [b](C)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 (D)adulterers,
A solemn assembly of (E)treacherous men.
3 “They (F)bend their tongue like their bow;
Lies and unfaithfulness prevail in the land,
For they (G)go onward from evil to evil,
And they (H)do not know Me,” declares Yahweh.
4 “Let everyone (I)beware of his neighbor,
And (J)do not trust any brother,
Because every (K)brother [c]surely supplants,
And every neighbor (L)goes about as a slanderer.
5 Everyone (M)deceives his neighbor
And does not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They (N)weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Your (O)habitation is in the midst of deceit;
Through deceit they (P)refuse to know Me,” declares Yahweh.

7 Therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Behold, I will refine them and (Q)test them;
For (R)what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?
8 Their (S)tongue is a slaughtering arrow;
It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one (T)speaks peace to his neighbor,
But inwardly he (U)sets an ambush for him.
9 (V)Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares Yahweh.
“On a nation such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?

10 “For the (W)mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing,
And for the pastures of the (X)wilderness a funeral lamentation,
Because they are (Y)turned into ruin so that no one passes through,
And the lowing of the cattle is not heard;
Both the (Z)birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
11 I will make Jerusalem a (AA)heap of ruins,
A haunt of (AB)jackals;
And I will make the cities of Judah a (AC)desolation, without inhabitant.”

12 Who is the (AD)wise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom (AE)the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? (AF)Why has the land perished, turned into ruin like a desert, so that no one passes through? 13 Yahweh said, “Because they have (AG)forsaken My law, which I set before them, and have not listened to My voice nor walked according to it, 14 but have (AH)walked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the (AI)Baals, as their (AJ)fathers taught them,” 15 therefore thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, “behold, (AK)I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them [d](AL)poisoned water to drink. 16 I will (AM)scatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the (AN)sword after them until I have consumed them.”

17 Thus says Yahweh of hosts,

“Carefully consider and call for the (AO)mourning women, that they may come;
And send for the [e](AP)skillful women, that they may come!
18 Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us,
That our (AQ)eyes may shed tears
And our eyelids flow with water.
19 For a voice of (AR)wailing is heard from Zion,
‘(AS)How we are destroyed!
We are put to great shame,
For we have (AT)left the land
Because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
20 Indeed, hear the word of Yahweh, O you (AU)women,
And let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
Teach your daughters wailing,
And everyone her neighbor a funeral lamentation.
21 For (AV)death has come up through our windows;
It has entered our palaces
To cut off the (AW)infants from the streets,
The choice men from the open squares.
22 Speak, “Thus declares Yahweh,
‘The corpses of men will fall (AX)like dung on the open field
And like the sheaf after the reaper,
But no one will gather them.’”

23 Thus says Yahweh, “(AY)Let not a wise man boast in his wisdom, and let not the (AZ)mighty man boast in his might; let not a (BA)rich man boast in his riches, 24 but let him who boasts (BB)boast in this, that he [f]understands and knows Me, that I am Yahweh who (BC)shows lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness on earth; for I (BD)delight in these things,” declares Yahweh.

25 “Behold, the days are coming,” declares Yahweh, “that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet (BE)uncircumcised— 26 Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon, and Moab and (BF)all those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are (BG)uncircumcised of heart.”

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Heb
  2. Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb
  3. Jeremiah 9:4 Heb sounds like Jacob (a play on words)
  4. Jeremiah 9:15 Or gall
  5. Jeremiah 9:17 Lit wise
  6. Jeremiah 9:24 Lit has insight

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 9:1 : Is 22:4; Jer 8:18; 13:17; Lam 2:18
  2. Jeremiah 9:1 : Jer 6:26; 8:21, 22
  3. Jeremiah 9:2 : Ps 55:6, 7; 120:5, 6
  4. Jeremiah 9:2 : Jer 5:7, 8; 23:10; Hos 4:2
  5. Jeremiah 9:2 : Jer 5:11; 12:1, 6
  6. Jeremiah 9:3 : Ps 64:3; Is 59:4; Jer 9:8
  7. Jeremiah 9:3 : Jer 4:22
  8. Jeremiah 9:3 : Judg 2:10; 1 Sam 2:12; Jer 4:22; 5:4, 5; Hos 4:1; 1 Cor 15:34
  9. Jeremiah 9:4 : Ps 12:2; Prov 26:24, 25; Jer 9:8; Mic 7:5, 6
  10. Jeremiah 9:4 : Jer 12:6
  11. Jeremiah 9:4 : Gen 27:35
  12. Jeremiah 9:4 : Ps 15:3; Prov 10:18; Jer 6:28
  13. Jeremiah 9:5 : Mic 6:12
  14. Jeremiah 9:5 : Jer 12:13; 51:58, 64
  15. Jeremiah 9:6 : Ps 120:5, 6; Jer 5:27; 8:5
  16. Jeremiah 9:6 : Job 21:14, 15; Prov 1:24; Jer 11:10; 13:10; John 3:19, 20
  17. Jeremiah 9:7 : Is 1:25; Jer 6:27; Mal 3:3
  18. Jeremiah 9:7 : Hos 11:8
  19. Jeremiah 9:8 : Jer 9:3
  20. Jeremiah 9:8 : Ps 28:3
  21. Jeremiah 9:8 : Jer 5:26
  22. Jeremiah 9:9 : Is 1:24; Jer 5:9, 29
  23. Jeremiah 9:10 : Jer 4:24; 7:29
  24. Jeremiah 9:10 : Jer 4:26; Hos 4:3
  25. Jeremiah 9:10 : Jer 12:4, 10; Ezek 14:15; 29:11; 33:28
  26. Jeremiah 9:10 : Jer 4:25; 12:4; Hos 4:3
  27. Jeremiah 9:11 : Is 25:2; Jer 51:37
  28. Jeremiah 9:11 : Is 13:22; 34:13
  29. Jeremiah 9:11 : Jer 4:27; 26:9
  30. Jeremiah 9:12 : Ps 107:43; Is 42:23; Hos 14:9
  31. Jeremiah 9:12 : Jer 9:20; 23:16
  32. Jeremiah 9:12 : Ps 107:34; Jer 23:10
  33. Jeremiah 9:13 : 2 Chr 7:19; Ps 89:30; Jer 5:19; 22:9
  34. Jeremiah 9:14 : Jer 7:24; 11:8; Rom 1:21-24
  35. Jeremiah 9:14 : Jer 2:8, 23; 23:27
  36. Jeremiah 9:14 : Gal 1:14; 1 Pet 1:18
  37. Jeremiah 9:15 : Ps 80:5
  38. Jeremiah 9:15 : Deut 29:18; Jer 8:14; 23:15; Lam 3:15
  39. Jeremiah 9:16 : Lev 26:33; Deut 28:64; Jer 13:24
  40. Jeremiah 9:16 : Jer 44:27; Ezek 5:2, 12
  41. Jeremiah 9:17 : 2 Chr 35:25; Eccl 12:5
  42. Jeremiah 9:17 : Amos 5:16
  43. Jeremiah 9:18 : Is 22:4; Jer 9:1; 14:17
  44. Jeremiah 9:19 : Jer 7:29; Ezek 7:16-18
  45. Jeremiah 9:19 : Deut 28:29; Jer 4:13
  46. Jeremiah 9:19 : Jer 7:15; 15:1
  47. Jeremiah 9:20 : Is 32:9
  48. Jeremiah 9:21 : 2 Chr 36:17; Jer 15:7; 18:21; Ezek 9:5, 6; Amos 6:9, 10
  49. Jeremiah 9:21 : Jer 6:11
  50. Jeremiah 9:22 : Ps 83:10; Is 5:25; Jer 8:2; 16:4; 25:33
  51. Jeremiah 9:23 : Eccl 9:11; Is 47:10; Ezek 28:3-7
  52. Jeremiah 9:23 : 1 Kin 20:10, 11; Is 10:8-12
  53. Jeremiah 9:23 : Job 31:24, 25; Ps 49:6-9
  54. Jeremiah 9:24 : Ps 20:7; 44:8; Is 41:16; Jer 4:2; 1 Cor 1:31; 2 Cor 10:17; Gal 6:14
  55. Jeremiah 9:24 : Ex 34:6, 7; Ps 36:5, 7; 51:1
  56. Jeremiah 9:24 : Is 61:8; Mic 7:18
  57. Jeremiah 9:25 : Jer 4:4; Rom 2:28, 29
  58. Jeremiah 9:26 : Jer 25:23
  59. Jeremiah 9:26 : Lev 26:41; Jer 4:4; 6:10; Ezek 44:7; Rom 2:28
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