New American Standard Bible 1995

Jeremiah 9:1-11

1 1 2OhH4310 H5414 that my headH7218 were watersH4325 And my eyesH5869 a fountainH4726 of tearsH1832, That I might weepH1058 dayH3119 and nightH3915 For the slainH2491 of the 3daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971!2 4 5OhH4310 that I hadH5414 in the desertH4057 A wayfarers’H732 lodgingH4411 placeH4411; That I might leaveH5800 my peopleH5971 And goH1980 from them! For allH3605 of them are 6adulterersH5003, An assemblyH6116 of 7treacherousH898 men.3“They 8bendH1869 their tongueH3956 like their bowH7198; LiesH8267 and not truthH530 prevailH1396 in the landH776; For they 9proceedH3318 from evilH7463 to evilH7463, And they 10do not knowH3045 Me,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.4“Let everyoneH376 11be on guardH8104 againstH4480 his neighborH7453, And 12do not trustH982 anyH3605 brotherH251; BecauseH3588 everyH3605 13brotherH251 dealsH6117 14craftilyH6117, And everyH3605 neighborH7453 15goesH1980 about as a slandererH7400.5EveryoneH376 16deceivesH8524 his neighborH7453 And does not speakH1696 the truthH571, They have taughtH3925 their tongueH3956 to speakH1696 liesH8267; They 17wearyH3811 themselves committingH5753 iniquityH5753.6Your 18dwellingH3427 is in the midstH8432 of deceitH4820; Through deceitH4820 they 19refuseH3985 to knowH3045 Me,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.

7ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saysH559 the LordH3068 of hostsH6635, “BeholdH2009, I will refineH6884 them and 20assayH974 them; For 21whatH349 else can I doH6213, becauseH4480 H6440 of the daughterH1323 of My peopleH5971?8Their 22tongueH3956 is a deadlyH7819 arrowH2671; It speaksH1696 deceitH4820; With his mouthH6310 one 23speaksH1696 peaceH7965 to his neighborH7453, But inwardlyH7130 he 24setsH7760 an ambushH696 for him.9 25Shall I not punishH6485 them for theseH428 thingsH428?” declaresH5002 the LordH3068. “On a nationH1471 suchH834 as thisH2088 Shall I not avengeH5358 MyselfH5315?

10“For the 26mountainsH2022 I will takeH5375 up a weepingH1065 and wailingH5092, And for the pasturesH4999 of the 27wildernessH4057 a dirgeH7015, BecauseH3588 they are 28laidH5327 wasteH5327 soH4480 H1097 that noH1097 oneH376 passesH5674 throughH5674, And the lowingH6963 of the cattleH4735 is not heardH8085; BothH4480 the 29birdsH5775 of the skyH8064 and the beastsH929 have fledH5074; they are goneH1980.11I will makeH5414 JerusalemH3389 a 30heapH1530 of ruins, A hauntH4583 of 31jackalsH8565; And I will makeH5414 the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 a 32desolationH8077, withoutH1097 inhabitantH3427.”

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 ↩