Jeremiah · Unlocked Literal Bible
Jeremiah 9 Unlocked Literal Bible
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1 If only my head could produce water, and my eyes be a fountain of tears! For I wish to weep day and night for those among the daughter of my people who have been killed.
1 Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
2 If only someone would give me a place for travelers in the wilderness to stay, where I could go to abandon my people. If only I could leave them, since all of them are adulterers, a band of traitors!
2 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 are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
3 Yahweh declares, “They tread on their bows of lies with their tongues, but it is not because of any faithfulness of theirs that they grow strong on the earth. They go from one wicked act to another. They do not know me.”
3 “They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
4 Each of you, be on guard against your neighbor and do not trust in any brother. For every brother is certainly a deceiver, and every neighbor walks in slander.
4 “Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
5 Each man mocks his neighbor and does not speak the truth. Their tongues teach deceitful things. They are exhausted from committing iniquity.
5 Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Your dwelling is in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me—this is Yahweh's declaration.”
6 Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
7 Yahweh of hosts says this, “See, I am about to refine them and test them, for what else can I do, because of what my people have done?
7 Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
8 Their tongues are sharpened arrows; they speak unfaithful things. With their mouths they proclaim peace with their neighbors, but with their hearts they lie in wait for them.
8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
9 Should I not punish them because of these things—this is Yahweh's declaration— and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this?
9 Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
10 I will sing a song of mourning and wailing for the mountains, and a funeral song will be sung for the meadows. For they are burned so no one can pass through them. They will not hear the sound of any cattle. The birds of the skies and the animals have all fled away.
10 I will weep and wail for the mountains, and lament for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They are gone.
11 So I will turn Jerusalem into piles of ruins, a hideout for jackals. I will make Judah's cities ruined places without inhabitants.”
11 “I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
12 What man is wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of Yahweh spoken, and he will declare it? Why has the land perished and been destroyed like the wilderness that no one can pass through?
12 Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
13 Yahweh says, “It is because they have abandoned my law that I set before them, because they do not listen to my voice or walk by it.
13 Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,
14 It is because they have walked by their stubborn hearts and have followed the Baals as their fathers taught them to do.
14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”
15 Therefore Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, says this, 'See, I am about to make this people eat wormwood and drink poisonous water.
15 Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
16 Then I will scatter them among the nations that they have not known, neither they nor their ancestors. I will send out a sword after them until I have completely destroyed them.'”
16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
17 Yahweh of hosts says this, “Think about this: Summon funeral singers; let them come. Send out for women skilled at lamenting; let them come.
17 Yahweh of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
18 Let them hurry and sing a mournful song over us, so our eyes may run with tears and our eyelids flow with water.
18 Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
19 For the sound of wailing is heard in Zion, 'How we are devastated. We are greatly ashamed, for we have abandoned the land since they tore down our houses.'
19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, ‘How we are ruined! We are greatly confounded because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
20 So you women, hear Yahweh's word; pay attention to the messages that come from his mouth. Then teach your daughters a mourning song, and each neighbor woman a funeral song.
20 Yet hear Yahweh’s word, you women. Let your ear receive the word of his mouth. Teach your daughters wailing. Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation.
21 For death has come through our windows; it goes into our palaces. It destroys children from outside, and young men in the city squares.
21 For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
22 Declare this, 'This is Yahweh's declaration—the corpses of men will fall like dung in the fields, and like grain stalks after the reapers, and there will be no one to gather them.'”
22 Speak, “Yahweh says, “‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester. No one will gather them.’”
23 Yahweh says this, “Do not let the wise man take pride in his wisdom, or the warrior in his might. Do not let the wealthy man take pride in his riches.
23 Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
24 For if a man takes pride in anything, let it be in this, that he has insight and knows me. For I am Yahweh, who acts with covenant loyalty, justice and righteousness on earth. For it is in these that I take pleasure —this is Yahweh's declaration.”
24 But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.
25 “See, days are coming—this is Yahweh's declaration—when I will punish all the circumcised who are such only in their body.
25 “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:
26 I will punish Egypt and Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, and all the people who cut the hair on their heads very short. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel has an uncircumcised heart.”
26 Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”
Cross references (26)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 13:17; Isaiah 22:4; Lamentations 2:11; Jeremiah 8:21–22; Jeremiah 6:26
- 2 Jeremiah 5:7–8; Jeremiah 23:10; Hosea 4:2; Hosea 7:4; Jeremiah 12:1
- 3 Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 9:8; Judges 2:10; Isaiah 59:13–15; Romans 3:13
- 4 Micah 7:5–6; Proverbs 26:24–25; Psalm 12:2–3; Jeremiah 6:28; Proverbs 10:18
- 5 Habakkuk 2:13; Isaiah 57:10; Micah 6:12; Job 15:5; Isaiah 59:13–15
- 6 Jeremiah 13:10; Hosea 4:6; Romans 1:28; Jeremiah 20:10; Proverbs 1:24
- 7 Isaiah 1:25; Malachi 3:3; Jeremiah 6:27; Isaiah 48:10; Zechariah 13:9
- 8 Psalm 28:3; Proverbs 26:24–26; Psalm 64:3–4; Psalm 120:3; Jeremiah 9:3
- 9 Jeremiah 5:29; Jeremiah 5:9; Isaiah 1:24
- 10 Jeremiah 12:4; Hosea 4:3; Ezekiel 29:11; Ezekiel 33:28; Jeremiah 7:29
- 11 Isaiah 25:2; Jeremiah 10:22; Isaiah 34:13; Isaiah 13:22; Jeremiah 51:37
- 12 Hosea 14:9; Psalm 107:43; Deuteronomy 32:29; Psalm 107:34; Revelation 1:3
- 13 Jeremiah 22:9; 2 Chronicles 7:19; Ezra 9:10; Proverbs 28:4; Psalm 119:53
- 14 Jeremiah 3:17; Jeremiah 7:24; Ephesians 2:3; 1 Peter 1:18; Romans 1:21–24
- 15 Jeremiah 8:14; Psalm 80:5; Lamentations 3:15; Jeremiah 23:15; Jeremiah 25:15
- 16 Ezekiel 5:12; Deuteronomy 28:64; Leviticus 26:33; Ezekiel 5:2; Jeremiah 44:27
- 17 Amos 5:16–17; Ecclesiastes 12:5; 2 Chronicles 35:25; Mark 5:38; Matthew 9:23
- 18 Jeremiah 9:1; Isaiah 22:4; Jeremiah 14:17; Jeremiah 9:20; Lamentations 2:11
- 19 Jeremiah 4:13; Ezekiel 7:16–18; Deuteronomy 28:29; Micah 1:8–9; Lamentations 5:2
- 20 Luke 23:27–30; Isaiah 32:9–13; Job 22:22; Isaiah 3:16; Jeremiah 9:17–18
- 21 Jeremiah 6:11; 2 Chronicles 36:17; Jeremiah 15:7; Ezekiel 9:5–6; Ezekiel 21:14–15
- 22 Jeremiah 8:2; Jeremiah 25:33; Zephaniah 1:17; Jeremiah 16:4; Psalm 83:10
- 23 1 Corinthians 1:27–29; Isaiah 5:21; Ecclesiastes 9:11; Romans 1:22; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20
- 24 2 Corinthians 10:17; Galatians 6:14; 1 Corinthians 1:31; Micah 6:8; Micah 7:18
- 25 Galatians 5:2–6; Romans 2:25–26; Romans 2:8–9; Ezekiel 32:19–32; Amos 3:2
- 26 Leviticus 26:41; Jeremiah 4:4; Ezekiel 44:7; Isaiah 19:24–25; Romans 2:28–29
Cross references: OpenBible.info (CC BY), drawn mainly from the public-domain Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. · Sources & licences
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