Jeremiah 9
9
1 # 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Hebrew #See ch. 13:17 Oh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of #[See ch. 8:21 above]the daughter of my people!
2 # 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Hebrew Oh that I had in the desert
a travelers’ lodging place,
that I might leave my people
and go away from them!
For they are all #ch. 5:7, 8; 23:10; Hos. 7:4 adulterers,
a company of #Isa. 21:2treacherous men.
3 # [Ps. 64:3] They bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong#9:3 Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
# [Judg. 2:10; Hos. 4:1] and they do not know me, declares the Lord.
4 # ch. 12:6; Ps. 41:9; Mic. 7:5 Let everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every #[Gen. 27:36] brother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor #ch. 6:28; [Lev. 19:16]goes about as a slanderer.
5Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
# ch. 8:5 they refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
7Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, #Isa. 1:25 I will refine them and #ch. 6:27 test them,
for what else can I do, #[See ch. 8:21 above]because of my people?
8 # [Ps. 57:4] Their tongue is a deadly arrow;
# [Ps. 12:2; 120:3] it speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth #Ps. 28:3 each speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart #Hos. 7:6he plans an ambush for him.
9 # ch. 5:9, 29 Shall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?
10“I will take up weeping and wailing for the mountains,
and a lamentation for #ch. 12:4; Ps. 65:12 the pastures of the wilderness,
# ver. 12 because they are laid waste so that no one passes through,
and the lowing of cattle is not heard;
# ch. 4:25 both the birds of the air and the beasts
have fled and are gone.
11 #
Isa. 25:2 I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,
# ch. 10:22; 49:33; 51:37 a lair of jackals,
# ch. 34:22; 44:6 and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.”
12 # ch. 23:18; Ps. 107:43; Hos. 14:9 Who is the man so wise that he can understand this? To whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land ruined #ver. 10and laid waste like a wilderness, so that no one passes through? 13And the Lord says: #[Ps. 89:30-32]“Because they have forsaken my law that I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in accord with it, 14but #See ch. 3:17have stubbornly followed their own hearts and have gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them. 15Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: #Deut. 29:18; [Ps. 80:5] Behold, I will feed this people with bitter food, and give them #See ch. 8:14poisonous water to drink. 16#Lev. 26:33; Deut. 28:64 I will scatter them among the nations #ch. 15:14 whom neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will #ch. 14:12; [ch. 49:37; Ezek. 5:2, 12]send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
17Thus says the Lord of hosts:
# [2 Chr. 35:25] “Consider, and call for the mourning women to come;
send for the skillful women to come;
18let them make haste #Amos 5:16; [Matt. 9:23; Mark 5:38] and raise a wailing over us,
# ver. 1; ch. 14:17 that our eyes may run down with tears
and our eyelids flow with water.
19For a sound of wailing is heard from Zion:
# ch. 4:13 ‘How we are ruined!
We are utterly shamed,
because we have left the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
20Hear, O women, the word of the Lord,
and let your ear receive the word of his mouth;
teach to your daughters a lament,
and each to her neighbor a dirge.
21For death has come up into our windows;
it has entered our palaces,
# ch. 6:11 cutting off the children from the streets
and the young men from the squares.
22Speak: “Thus declares the Lord,
# See ch. 8:2 ‘The dead bodies of men shall fall
like dung upon the open field,
# [Lev. 23:22; Job 5:26] like sheaves after the reaper,
and none shall gather them.’”
23Thus says the Lord: #Prov. 3:5; 21:30; Eccles. 9:11“Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, let not the mighty man boast in his might, let not the rich man boast in his riches, 24but #[Ps. 34:2; 1 Cor. 1:31; 2 Cor. 10:17] let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the Lord who practices steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth. #[Mic. 6:8; 7:18]For in these things I delight, declares the Lord.”
25“Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when #[Isa. 24:21]I will punish all those who are circumcised merely in the flesh— 26#[ch. 25:19-21] Egypt, Judah, Edom, the sons of Ammon, Moab, and #ch. 25:23; 49:32; [Lev. 19:27] all who dwell in the desert who cut the corners of their hair, for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are #Lev. 26:41; Deut. 10:16; Ezek. 44:7; Rom. 2:28, 29; [ch. 4:4]uncircumcised in heart.”
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Jeremiah 9
9
1 Oh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a spring 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,
an assembly of treacherous men.
3“They bend their tongue,
as their bow, for falsehood.
They have grown strong in the land,
but not for truth;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
and they don’t know me,” says the LORD.
4“Everyone beware of his neighbour,
and don’t trust in any brother;
for every brother will utterly supplant,
and every neighbour will go around like a slanderer.
5 Friends deceive each other,
and will not speak the truth.
They have taught their tongue to speak lies.
They weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Your habitation is in the middle of deceit.
Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says the LORD.
7Therefore the LORD of Armies says,
“Behold, I will melt them and test them;
for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow.
It speaks deceit.
One speaks peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth,
but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
9Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says the LORD.
“Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
10 I will weep and wail for the mountains,
and lament for the pastures of the wilderness,
because they are burnt up, so that no one passes through;
Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock.
Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.
They are gone.
11“I will make Jerusalem heaps,
a dwelling place of jackals.
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
without inhabitant.”
12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burnt up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
13 The LORD says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways, 14but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.” 15Therefore the LORD of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink. 16I will scatter them also amongst the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
17 The LORD of Armies says,
“Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come.
Send for the skilful women, that they may come.
18 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 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion,
‘How we are ruined!
We are greatly confounded
because we have forsaken the land,
because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
20 Yet hear the LORD’s word, you women.
Let your ear receive the word of his mouth.
Teach your daughters wailing.
Everyone teach her neighbour a lamentation.
21 For death has come up into our windows.
It has entered into our palaces
to cut off the children from outside,
and the young men from the streets.
22Speak, “The LORD says,
“‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field,
and as the handful after the harvester.
No one will gather them.’”
23 The LORD says,
“Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom.
Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might.
Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
24 But let him who glories glory in this,
that he has understanding, and knows me,
that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth,
for I delight in these things,” says the LORD.
25“Behold, the days come,” says the LORD, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh: 26Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
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