Jeremiah 9
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Jeremiah 9:4-6

4“Let everyoneH376 1be on guardH8104 againstH4480 his neighborH7453, And 2do not trustH982 anyH3605 brotherH251; BecauseH3588 everyH3605 3brotherH251 utterlyH6117 4betraysH6117, And everyH3605 neighborH7453 5goesH1980 aboutH1980 as a slandererH7400.5EveryoneH376 6deceivesH8524 his neighborH7453 And does not speakH1696 the truthH571. They have taughtH3925 their tongueH3956 to speakH1696 liesH8267; They 7wearyH3811 themselves committingH5753 wrongdoingH5753.6Your 8dwellingH3427 is in the midstH8432 of deceitH4820; Through deceitH4820 they 9refuseH3985 to knowH3045 Me,” declaresH5002 the LordH3068.

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 9:4 Ps 12:2; Prov 26:24, 25; Jer 9:8; Mic 7:5, 6 ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 9:4 Jer 12:6 ↩
  3. 3. Jeremiah 9:4 Gen 27:35 ↩
  4. 4. Jeremiah 9:4 I.e., like Jacob (a play on words) ↩
  5. 5. Jeremiah 9:4 Ps 15:3; Prov 10:18; Jer 6:28 ↩
  6. 6. Jeremiah 9:5 Mic 6:12 ↩
  7. 7. Jeremiah 9:5 Jer 12:13; 51:58, 64 ↩
  8. 8. Jeremiah 9:6 Ps 120:5, 6; Jer 5:27; 8:5 ↩
  9. 9. Jeremiah 9:6 Job 21:14, 15; Prov 1:24; Jer 11:10; 13:10; John 3:19, 20 ↩

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