Jeremiah 8:18-9:11
New International Version
18 You who are my Comforter[a] in sorrow,
my heart is faint(A) within me.
19 Listen to the cry of my people
from a land far away:(B)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
Is her King(C) no longer there?”
20 “The harvest is past,
the summer has ended,
and we are not saved.”
21 Since my people are crushed,(G) I am crushed;
I mourn,(H) and horror grips me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(I)
Is there no physician(J) there?
Why then is there no healing(K)
for the wound of my people?
9 [b]1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water
and my eyes a fountain of tears!(L)
I would weep(M) day and night
for the slain of my people.(N)
2 Oh, that I had in the desert(O)
a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,(P)
a crowd of unfaithful(Q) people.
3 “They make ready their tongue
like a bow, to shoot lies;(R)
it is not by truth
that they triumph[c] in the land.
They go from one sin to another;
they do not acknowledge(S) me,”
declares the Lord.
4 “Beware of your friends;(T)
do not trust anyone in your clan.(U)
For every one of them is a deceiver,[d](V)
and every friend a slanderer.(W)
5 Friend deceives friend,(X)
and no one speaks the truth.(Y)
They have taught their tongues to lie;(Z)
they weary themselves with sinning.
6 You[e] live in the midst of deception;(AA)
in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,”
declares the Lord.
7 Therefore this is what the Lord Almighty says:
“See, I will refine(AB) and test(AC) them,
for what else can I do
because of the sin of my people?
8 Their tongue(AD) is a deadly arrow;
it speaks deceitfully.
With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors,(AE)
but in their hearts they set traps(AF) for them.(AG)
9 Should I not punish them for this?”
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(AH) myself
on such a nation as this?”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
- Jeremiah 9:1 In Hebrew texts 9:1 is numbered 8:23, and 9:2-26 is numbered 9:1-25.
- 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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