9:1 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!
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 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!
9:2 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.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 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.
9:3 They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 3 , They bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the land, but not for truth: for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don't know me, says Yahweh.
9:4 Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't you trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 4 , Take you heed everyone of his neighbor, and don't you trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.
9:5 They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 5 , They will deceive everyone his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.
9:6 Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 6 , Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
9:7 Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 7 , Therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
9:8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 8 , Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit: one speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.
9:9 Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 9 , Shall I not visit them for these things? says Yahweh; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
9:10 For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 10 , For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none passes through; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the birds of the sky and the animals are fled, they are gone.
9:11 I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 11 , I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
9:12 Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 12 , Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?
9:13 Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 13 , Yahweh says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein,
9:14 but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 14 , but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them;
9:15 therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 15 , therefore thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
9:16 I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 16 , I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.
9:17 Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 17 , Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, Consider you, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:
9:18 and 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.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 18 , and 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.
9:19 For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 19 , For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.
9:20 Yet hear the word of Yahweh, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 20 , Yet hear the word of Yahweh, you women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach your daughters wailing, and everyone her neighbor lamentation.
9:21 For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, [and] the young men from the streets.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 21 , For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from outside, [and] the young men from the streets.
9:22 Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather [them].
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 22 , Speak, Thus says Yahweh, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester; and none shall gather [them].
9:23 Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 23 , Thus says Yahweh, Don't let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don't let the rich man glory in his riches;
9:24 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, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 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, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
9:25 Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 25 , Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:
9:26 Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that 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.
The WEB Book of Jeremiah , Chapter 9 , Verse 26 , Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that 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.
