New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 9:1-11

1 1 2Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the 3daughter of my people!2 4 5Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers’ lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are 6adulterers, An assembly of 7treacherous men.3“They 8bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they 9proceed from evil to evil, And they 10do not know Me,” declares the Lord.4“Let everyone 11be on guard against his neighbor, And 12do not trust any brother; Because every 13brother deals 14craftily, And every neighbor 15goes about as a slanderer.5Everyone 16deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They 17weary themselves committing iniquity.6Your 18dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they 19refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.

7Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, I will refine them and 20assay them; For 21what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?8Their 22tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one 23speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he 24sets an ambush for him.9 25Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares the Lord. “On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?

10“For the 26mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the 27wilderness a dirge, Because they are 28laid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not heard; Both the 29birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone.11I will make Jerusalem a 30heap of ruins, A haunt of 31jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah a 32desolation, without inhabitant.”

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Notes

1. Jeremiah 9:1 Ch 8:23 in Heb ↩
2. Jeremiah 9:1 Is 22:4; Jer 8:18; 13:17; Lam 2:18 ↩
3. Jeremiah 9:1 Jer 6:26; 8:21, 22 ↩
4. Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb ↩
5. Jeremiah 9:2 Ps 55:6, 7; 120:5, 6 ↩
6. Jeremiah 9:2 Jer 5:7, 8; 23:10; Hos 4:2 ↩
7. Jeremiah 9:2 Jer 5:11; 12:1, 6 ↩
8. Jeremiah 9:3 Ps 64:3; Is 59:4; Jer 9:8 ↩
9. Jeremiah 9:3 Jer 4:22 ↩
10. Jeremiah 9:3 Judg 2:10; 1 Sam 2:12; Jer 4:22; 5:4, 5; Hos 4:1; 1 Cor 15:34 ↩
11. Jeremiah 9:4 Ps 12:2; Prov 26:24, 25; Jer 9:8; Mic 7:5, 6 ↩
12. Jeremiah 9:4 Jer 12:6 ↩
13. Jeremiah 9:4 Gen 27:35 ↩
14. Jeremiah 9:4 I.e. like Jacob (a play on words) ↩
15. Jeremiah 9:4 Ps 15:3; Prov 10:18; Jer 6:28 ↩
16. Jeremiah 9:5 Mic 6:12 ↩
17. Jeremiah 9:5 Jer 12:13; 51:58, 64 ↩
18. Jeremiah 9:6 Ps 120:5, 6; Jer 5:27; 8:5 ↩
19. Jeremiah 9:6 Job 21:14, 15; Prov 1:24; Jer 11:10; 13:10; John 3:19, 20 ↩
20. Jeremiah 9:7 Is 1:25; Jer 6:27; Mal 3:3 ↩
21. Jeremiah 9:7 Hos 11:8 ↩
22. Jeremiah 9:8 Jer 9:3 ↩
23. Jeremiah 9:8 Ps 28:3 ↩
24. Jeremiah 9:8 Jer 5:26 ↩
25. Jeremiah 9:9 Is 1:24; Jer 5:9, 29 ↩
26. Jeremiah 9:10 Jer 4:24; 7:29 ↩
27. Jeremiah 9:10 Jer 4:26; Hos 4:3 ↩
28. Jeremiah 9:10 Jer 12:4, 10; Ezek 14:15; 29:11; 33:28 ↩
29. Jeremiah 9:10 Jer 4:25; 12:4; Hos 4:3 ↩
30. Jeremiah 9:11 Is 25:2; Jer 51:37 ↩
31. Jeremiah 9:11 Is 13:22; 34:13 ↩
32. Jeremiah 9:11 Jer 4:27; 26:9 ↩

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