Jeremiah 9
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Failures of Judah
1#Jer 13:17; Isa 22:4 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 daughter of my people!
2#Jer 5:7–8; 23:10 Oh, that I had in the wilderness
a lodging place of wayfaring men,
that I might leave my people
and go from them!
For they all are adulterers,
an assembly of treacherous men.
3#Jdg 2:10; Jer 4:22 They bend their tongues like their bow;
lies and not truth prevail upon the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they do not know Me,
says the Lord.
4#Jer 6:28; 12:6 Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
and do not trust in any brother;
for every brother supplants,
and every neighbor walks about with slanders.
5#Mic 6:12 Everyone deceives his neighbor
and does not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves in committing iniquity.
6#Job 21:14–15; Pr 1:24 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit;
through deceit they refuse to know Me,
says the Lord.
7#Isa 1:25; Jer 6:27Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Now, I will refine them and assay them;
for what else shall I do
for the daughter of My people?
8#Ps 28:3; Jer 9:3 Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
it speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
but in his heart he lies in wait.
9#Jer 5:9; 5:29 Shall I not punish them for these things?
says the Lord.
Shall not My soul be avenged
on such a nation as this?
10#Jer 12:4; Hos 4:3; Jer 7:29 For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing,
and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation,
because they are burned up so that no one can pass through them;
nor can men hear the lowing of the cattle.
Both the fowl of the heavens and the beast have fled;
they are gone.
11#Isa 25:2; 34:13 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins
and a den of jackals;
and I will make the cities of Judah desolate,
without an inhabitant.
12#Ps 107:43; Hos 14:9Who is the wise man who may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
13#2Ch 7:19; Jer 22:9And the Lord said: Because they have forsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, nor walked in it, 14#Jer 7:24; 3:17but have walked after the imagination of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them. 15#Jer 8:14; Ps 80:5Therefore thus says the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel: I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them water of gall to drink. 16#Lev 26:33; Dt 28:64I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.
17#2Ch 35:25; Ecc 12:5Thus says the Lord of Hosts:
Consider and call for the mourning women, that they may come;
and send for wailing women, that they may come.
18#Jer 14:17; 9:1 And let them make haste
and take up a wailing for us,
that our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19#Jer 4:13; Dt 28:29 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
“How devastated we are!
We are greatly humiliated,
because we have forsaken the land,
because our dwellings have cast us out.”
20#Isa 32:9–13 Yet hear the word of the Lord, O you women,
and let your ear receive the word of His mouth;
and teach your daughters wailing,
and everyone her neighbor a lamentation.
21#2Ch 36:17; Jer 6:11 “For death has come up into our windows;
and has entered our palaces,
to cut off the children from the streets,
and the young men from the squares.”
22#Jer 8:2; Ps 83:10Speak, Thus says the Lord:
“The carcasses of men shall fall
as dung upon the open field,
and as the sheaf after the harvester,
and no one shall gather them.”
23#Ecc 9:11; 1Ki 20:10–11Thus says the Lord:
Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom,
and let not the mighty man glory in his might,
let not the rich man glory in his riches;
24#Mic 7:18; 1Co 1:31 but let him who glories glory in this,
that he understands and knows Me,
that I am the Lord who exercises lovingkindness,
justice, and righteousness in the earth.
For in these things I delight,
says the Lord.
25#Ro 2:8–9The days are surely coming, says the Lord, that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised— 26#Lev 26:41; Jer 4:4Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who dwell in the wilderness who clip the hair on their temples; for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.
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Jeremiah 9
1¶ 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 daughter of my people!
2Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men that I might leave my people and go from them! for they are all adulterers, a congregation of rebels.
3And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies, but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth for they proceed from evil to evil, and they did not recognize me, said the Lord.
4Take heed each one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
5And they will deceive each one his neighbour and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies and weary themselves to commit iniquity.
6Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
7Therefore thus hath the Lord of the hosts said, Behold, I will melt them and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
8Their tongue is as a sharp arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth but in heart he lays in wait.
9Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Upon the mountains I will lift up weeping and wailing and lamentation upon the habitations of the wilderness because they are burned up, so that no one can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and even the beasts of the earth are fled; they are gone.
11And I will make Jerusalem heaps and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
12¶ Who is the wise man that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord has spoken that he may declare for what cause the land perishes and is burned up like a wilderness that no one passes through?
13And the Lord said, Because they have forsaken my law, which I set before them, and have not heard my voice, neither walked therein,
14but have walked after the imagination of their own heart and after the Baalim, which their fathers taught them,
15Therefore thus hath the Lord of the hosts the God of Israel said: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them water of gall to drink.
16I will scatter them also among Gentiles whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have consumed them.
17Thus hath the Lord of the hosts said, Consider ye and call for the mourning women that they may come and send for cunning women that they may come,
18and let them make haste and take up a wailing for us that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we destroyed! We are greatly confounded. Why have we forsaken the land? Why have our dwellings cast us out?
20Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth and teach your daughters wailing and each one her neighbour lamentation.
21For death is come up into our windows and is entered into our palaces to cut off the children from without and the young men from the streets.
22Speak, Thus hath the Lord said, Even the carcasses of men shall fall as dung upon the open field and as the handful after the harvestman, and there shall be none to gather them.
23¶ Thus hath the Lord said, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;
24but let him that glories glory in this, that he understands me and knows me, that I am the Lord who does mercy, judgment, and righteousness in the earth: for in these things I delight, said the Lord.
25Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will visit all those who are circumcised with the uncircumcised:
26Egypt and Judah and Edom and the sons of Ammon and Moab and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all the Gentiles are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.
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