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Jeremiah 9

1Ohthatmyheadwerewaters,andmine eyeafountainoftears,thatImight weep dayandnightfortheslainofthedaughterofmypeopleH5971!

2OhthatIhadinthewildernessatraveller's lodging-place,thatImightleavemypeople,andgoH3318awayfromthem!Fortheyarealladulterers,anassemblyoftreacherous men.

3Andtheybendtheirtongue,theirbowoffalsehood,andnotforfidelityaretheyvaliantintheland;fortheyproceedfromeviltoevil,andtheyknownotme, saith Jehovah.

4Take ye heedeveryoneH376ofhisfriendH7453,andconfidenotinanybrother;foreverybrother only supplanteth,andeveryfriendH7453goethaboutwithslander.

5Andtheyactdeceitfullyeveryonewithhisneighbour,andspeaknotthetruth:theyteachtheirtonguetospeak falsehood,theyweary themselveswithperverse dealing.

6Thy habitationisinthemidstofdeceit;throughdeceittheyrefusetoknowme, saithJehovah.

7Therefore thus saith Jehovahofhosts: Behold,Iwillmeltthem,andtrythem;forhowelsecouldIdoforthedaughterofmypeople?

8Theirtongueisamurderous arrow;itspeaketh deceit. [Aman] speaketh peaceablytohisneighbourwithhismouth,butinhishearthelayethhisambush.

9ShallInotvisitthemforthese [things]? saith Jehovah;shallnotmysoulbeavengedonsuchanationasthis?

10ForthemountainswillItakeupweepingandwailing,andforthepasturesofthewilderness,alamentation;fortheyareburntup,sothatnone passeth throughthem;andthevoiceofthecattleisnot heard. Boththefowloftheheavensandthebeastsarefled;theyaregone.

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

12Whoisawise man,thathemayunderstandthis?andhetowhomthemouthofJehovahhathspoken,thathemaydeclareit?Whyisthelandperished, burntuplikeawilderness,sothatnonepasseththrough?

13AndJehovah saith,BecausetheyhaveforsakenmylawwhichIsetbeforethem,andhavenot hearkened untomyvoice, nor walkedinit,

14buthavewalked afterthestubbornnessoftheirown heart,andaftertheBaals,astheirfathers taughtthem;

15thereforethussaith Jehovahofhosts,theGodofIsrael,Behold,Iwillfeedthispeoplewithwormwood,andgivethemwaterofgalltodrink,

16andwillscatterthemamongthenations,whomneithertheynortheirfathershaveknown;andIwillsendH7971theswordafterthem, tillIhaveconsumedthem.

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

18andletthemmakeH8085haste,andtakeupawailingH5092forus,thatoureyesmayrundownwithtears,andoureyelids pourforthwaters.

19ForavoiceofwailingH5092isheardH8085outofZion,Howarewespoiled, sorelyputtoshame!Forwehaveforsakentheland,fortheyhavecastdownourdwellings.

20HearthenthewordofJehovah, ye women,andletyourear receivethewordofhismouth,andteachyourdaughters wailing,andeachonehercompanion lamentation.

21Fordeathiscomeupthroughourwindows,isenteredintoourpalaces,tocutoffthechildrenfromthestreet,theyoungmenH120fromthebroadways.

22Speak,ThusH3541saithJehovah: Yea,thecarcasesofmenH1368shallfallasdung upontheopen field,andasthehandful afterthereaper,andthereshallbenonetogather.

23Thus saithJehovah: LetnotthewiseH7919gloryinhiswisdom,neitherletthemighty gloryinhismight; letnottherich gloryinhisriches:

24butlethimthatglorieth gloryinthis,thatheunderstandethandknowethme,thatI[am]Jehovah,whoexercise loving-kindness,judgment,andrighteousnessintheearth;forinthesethingsIdelight, saithJehovah.

25Behold, daysarecoming, saith Jehovah,whenIwillvisitall[themthatare] circumcisedwiththeuncircumcisedH6189;

26Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners [of their beard] 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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