American Standard Version

Jeremiah 9

1Ohthatmyheadwerewaters,andmine eyesafountainoftears,thatImight weep dayandnightfortheslainofthedaughterofmypeopleH5971!

2OhthatIhadinthewildernessalodging-placeofwayfaring men;thatImightleavemypeople,andgoH3318fromthem!fortheyarealladulterers,anassemblyoftreacherous men.

3Andtheybendtheirtongue,asitweretheirbow,forfalsehood;andtheyaregrown strongintheland,butnotfortruth:fortheyproceedfromeviltoevil,andtheyknownotme, saith Jehovah.

4Take ye heedeveryoneH376ofhisneighborH7453,andtrust yenotinanybrother;foreverybrotherwillutterly supplant,andeveryneighborH7453willgoaboutwithslanders.

5Andtheywilldeceive everyonehisneighbor,andwillnotspeakthetruth:theyhavetaughttheirtonguetospeaklies;theyweary themselvestocommit iniquity.

6Thy habitationisinthemidstofdeceit;throughdeceittheyrefusetoknowme, saithJehovah.

7Therefore thus saith Jehovahofhosts, Behold,Iwillmeltthem,andtrythem;forhowelseshouldIdo, becauseofthedaughterofmypeople?

8Theirtongueisadeadlyarrow;itspeaketh deceit:oneכָּזֶ֔הka.ZehH2088speaketh peaceablytohisneighborwithhismouth,butinhishearthelayeth waitforhim.

9ShallInotvisitthemforthesethings? saith Jehovah;shallnotmysoulbeavengedonsuchanationasthis?

10ForthemountainswillItakeupaweepingandwailing,andforthepasturesofthewildernessalamentation,becausetheyareburnedup,sothatnone passeth through; neither can men hearthevoiceofthecattle; boththebirdsoftheheavensandthebeastsarefled,theyaregone.

11AndIwillmakeJerusalem heaps,adwelling-placeofjackals;andIwillmakethecitiesofJudahadesolation,withoutinhabitant.

12Whoisthewise man,thatmayunderstandthis?andwhoishetowhomthemouthofJehovahhathspoken,thathemaydeclareit? whereforeisthelandperishedandburneduplikeawilderness,sothatnonepasseththrough?

13AndJehovah saith,BecausetheyhaveforsakenmylawwhichIsetbeforethem,andhavenot obeyedmyvoice, neither walked therein,

14buthavewalked afterthestubbornnessoftheirown heart,andaftertheBaalim,whichtheirfathers taughtthem;

15thereforethussaith Jehovahofhosts,theGodofIsrael,Behold,Iwillfeedthem,eventhispeople,withwormwood,andgivethemwaterofgalltodrink.

16Iwillscatterthemalsoamongthenations,whomneithertheynortheirfathershaveknown;andIwillsendH7971theswordafterthem, tillIhaveconsumedthem.

17Thus saith Jehovahofhosts,Considerye,andcallforthemourning women,thattheymaycomeH3381;andsendfortheskilful women,thattheymaycomeH3381:

18andletthemmakeH8085haste,andtakeupawailingH5092forus,thatoureyesmayrundownwithtears,andoureyelids gushoutwithwaters.

19ForavoiceofwailingH5092isheardH8085outofZion,Howareweruined!wearegreatly confounded,becausewehaveforsakentheland,becausetheyhavecastdownourdwellings.

20YethearthewordofJehovah, O ye women,andletyourear receivethewordofhismouth;andteachyourdaughters wailing,andeveryoneherneighbor lamentation.

21Fordeathiscomeupintoourwindows,itisenteredintoourpalaces;tocutoffthechildrenfromwithout,andtheyoungmenH120fromthestreets.

22Speak,ThusH3541saithJehovah,Thedead bodiesofmenH1368shallfallasdung upontheopen field,andasthehandful aftertheharvestman;andnoneshallgatherthem.

23Thus saithJehovah, LetnotthewiseH7919man gloryinhiswisdom,neitherletthemighty man gloryinhismight, letnottherich man gloryinhisriches;

24butlethimthatglorieth gloryinthis,thathehath understanding,andknowethme,thatIamJehovahwhoexerciseth lovingkindness, justice,andrighteousness,intheearth:forinthesethingsIdelight, saithJehovah.

25Behold,thedays come, saith Jehovah,thatIwillpunishallthemthatarecircumcisedintheiruncircumcision:

26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners of their hair cut off, that dwell in the wilderness; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain