Berean Standard Bible
Jeremiah 9:2-10
2If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.
3“They bend their tongues like bows;lies prevail over truth in the land.For they proceed from evil to evil,and they do not take Me into account,”declares the LORD.4“Let everyone guard against his neighbor;do not trust any brother,for every brother deals craftily,and every friend spreads slander.5Each one betrays his friend;no one tells the truth.They have taught their tongues to lie;they wear themselves out committing iniquity.6You dwell1 in the midst of deception;in their deceit they refuse to know Me,”declares the LORD.
7Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says:
“Behold, I will refine them and test them,for what else can I dobecause of2 the daughter of My people?8Their tongues are deadly arrows;they speak deception.With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor,but in his heart he sets a trap for him.9Should I not punish them for these things?declares the LORD.Should I not avenge Myselfon such a nation as this?”
10I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains,a dirge over the wilderness pasture,for they have been scorched so no one passes through,and the lowing of cattle is not heard.Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled;they have gone away.
Notes
Commentaries on Jeremiah 9
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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