New American Standard Bible 1995
Jeremiah 9:2-9
212Oh 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 3adulterers, An assembly of 4treacherous men.3“They 5bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they 6proceed from evil to evil, And they 7do not know Me,” declares the Lord.4“Let everyone 8be on guard against his neighbor, And 9do not trust any brother; Because every 10brother deals 11craftily, And every neighbor 12goes about as a slanderer.5Everyone 13deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They 14weary themselves committing iniquity.6Your 15dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they 16refuse to know Me,” declares the Lord.
7Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, “Behold, I will refine them and 17assay them; For 18what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?8Their 19tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one 20speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he 21sets an ambush for him.922Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares the Lord. “On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
Notes
- 1. Jeremiah 9:2 Ch 9:1 in Heb ↩
- 2. Jeremiah 9:2 Ps 55:6, 7; 120:5, 6 ↩
- 3. Jeremiah 9:2 Jer 5:7, 8; 23:10; Hos 4:2 ↩
- 4. Jeremiah 9:2 Jer 5:11; 12:1, 6 ↩
- 5. Jeremiah 9:3 Ps 64:3; Is 59:4; Jer 9:8 ↩
- 6. Jeremiah 9:3 Jer 4:22 ↩
- 7. Jeremiah 9:3 Judg 2:10; 1 Sam 2:12; Jer 4:22; 5:4, 5; Hos 4:1; 1 Cor 15:34 ↩
- 8. Jeremiah 9:4 Ps 12:2; Prov 26:24, 25; Jer 9:8; Mic 7:5, 6 ↩
- 9. Jeremiah 9:4 Jer 12:6 ↩
- 10. Jeremiah 9:4 Gen 27:35 ↩
- 11. Jeremiah 9:4 I.e. like Jacob (a play on words) ↩
- 12. Jeremiah 9:4 Ps 15:3; Prov 10:18; Jer 6:28 ↩
- 13. Jeremiah 9:5 Mic 6:12 ↩
- 14. Jeremiah 9:5 Jer 12:13; 51:58, 64 ↩
- 15. Jeremiah 9:6 Ps 120:5, 6; Jer 5:27; 8:5 ↩
- 16. Jeremiah 9:6 Job 21:14, 15; Prov 1:24; Jer 11:10; 13:10; John 3:19, 20 ↩
- 17. Jeremiah 9:7 Is 1:25; Jer 6:27; Mal 3:3 ↩
- 18. Jeremiah 9:7 Hos 11:8 ↩
- 19. Jeremiah 9:8 Jer 9:3 ↩
- 20. Jeremiah 9:8 Ps 28:3 ↩
- 21. Jeremiah 9:8 Jer 5:26 ↩
- 22. Jeremiah 9:9 Is 1:24; Jer 5:9, 29 ↩
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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