English Standard Version
Jeremiah 9:2
2Oh 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 adulterers, a company of treacherous men.
Jeremiah 9:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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 be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
- New International Version (NIV)Oh, that I had in the desert a lodging place for travelers, so that I might leave my people and go away from them; for they are all adulterers, a crowd of unfaithful people.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Oh, that I had in the wilderness A lodging place for travelers; That I might leave my people, And go from them! For they are all adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men.
- New Living Translation (NLT)Oh, that I could go away and forget my people and live in a travelers’ shack in the desert. For they are all adulterers— a pack of treacherous liars.
Context of Jeremiah 9:2
1Oh 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! 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 adulterers, a company of treacherous men. 3They bend their tongue like a bow; falsehood and not truth has grown strong in the land; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, declares the Lord. 4Let everyone beware of his neighbor, and put no trust in any brother, for every brother is a deceiver, and every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
Read all of Jeremiah 9Jeremiah 9:2 word by word
מִֽי־יִתְּנֵ֣נִי בַמִּדְבָּ֗ר מְלוֹן֙ אֹֽרְחִ֔ים וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ אֶת־עַמִּ֔י וְאֵלְכָ֖ה מֵֽאִתָּ֑ם כִּ֤י כֻלָּם֙ מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים עֲצֶ֖רֶת בֹּגְדִֽים׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Oh thatנָתַןnâthan · to give: if only!H5414
- I had in the wildernessמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
- a lodging placeמָלוֹןmâlôn · lodgingH4411
- of wayfaring menאָרַח'ârach · to journeyH732
- that I might leaveעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
- my peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and goיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
- all adulterersנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
- an assemblyעֲצָרָה‛ătsârâh ‛ătsereth · assemblyH6116
- of treacherous menבָּגַדbâgad · to act treacherouslyH898
Cross-references for Jeremiah 9:2
- Psalms 55:6And I say, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest;
- Psalms 120:5Woe to me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell among the tents of Kedar!
- Micah 7:1Woe is me! For I have become as when the summer fruit has been gathered, as when the grapes have been gleaned: there is no cluster to eat, no first-ripe fig that my soul desires.
- Jeremiah 5:7"How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me and have sworn by those who are no gods. When I fed them to the full, they committed adultery and trooped to the houses of whores.
- Jeremiah 23:10For the land is full of adulterers; because of the curse the land mourns, and the pastures of the wilderness are dried up. Their course is evil, and their might is not right.
- Ezekiel 22:10In you men uncover their fathers' nakedness; in you they violate women who are unclean in their menstrual impurity.
- Hosea 4:2there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
- Hosea 7:4They are all adulterers; they are like a heated oven whose baker ceases to stir the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened.
- James 4:4You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are you, O Lord, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
- Hosea 5:7They have dealt faithlessly with the Lord; for they have borne alien children. Now the new moon shall devour them with their fields.
- Hosea 6:7But like Adam they transgressed the covenant; there they dealt faithlessly with me.
- Micah 7:2The godly has perished from the earth, and there is no one upright among mankind; they all lie in wait for blood, and each hunts the other with a net.
- Zephaniah 3:4Her prophets are fickle, treacherous men; her priests profane what is holy; they do violence to the law.
- Malachi 2:11Judah has been faithless, and abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the sanctuary of the Lord, which he loves, and has married the daughter of a foreign god.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 9:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2O that I had in the wilderness - In the eastern countries there are no such inns or houses of entertainment as those in Europe. There are in different places public buildings called caravanserais, where travelers may lodge: but they are without furniture of any kind, and without food. Indeed they are often without a root being mere walls for a protection against the wild beasts of the desert. I wish to hide myself any where, in the most uncomfortable…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2-9Verses 2-9 From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins. Jeremiah 9:2 The prophet utters the wish that he might be spared his daily striving, and in some lone wilderness give way to his sorrow, without restraint. A lodging place - It was usual to build in the desert, either by private charity or at the public expense, caravanserais, to receive travelers for a single night, who had however to bring their own supplies with them. An assembly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2Jeremiah wanted to escape and build a shack in the desert to forget the war (Psalm 55:6–8). He knew his people were unfaithful and dishonest, deserving punishment, but he did not want to be in Jerusalem to see it.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. lodging-place--a caravanseral for caravans, or companies travelling in the desert, remote from towns. It was a square building enclosing an open court. Though a lonely and often filthy dwelling, Jeremiah would prefer even it to the comforts of Jerusalem, so as to be removed from the pollutions of the capital (Psa 55:7, 8).Read the comment
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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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