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Jeremiah 9:1 (show verse)
O Who will give my head water enough, and a well of tears for mine eyes, that I may weep night and day for the slaughter of my people?
Church » Love for
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The chastened
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Judgments » Saints » Sympathize with those under
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners
Weeping » For others
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The chastened
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Judgments » Saints » Sympathize with those under
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners
Weeping » For others
Jeremiah 9:2 (show verse)
Would God that I had a cottage somewhere far from folk, that I might leave my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and a shrinking sort.
Jeremiah 9:3 (show verse)
They bend their tongues like bows, to shoot out lies: As for the truth, they may nothing away with all in the world. For they go from one wickedness to another, and hold nothing of me, sayeth the LORD.
the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
Ignorance » Man's » Of God
Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
Lukewarmness » Figurative
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Sin » Progressive
Truth » The wicked » Are not valiant for
Truth » The evil people » Are not valiant for
War » Figurative » Mere professors do not maintain
Warfare of saints » Mere professors do not maintain
Ignorance » Man's » Of God
Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
Lukewarmness » Figurative
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Sin » Progressive
Truth » The wicked » Are not valiant for
Truth » The evil people » Are not valiant for
War » Figurative » Mere professors do not maintain
Warfare of saints » Mere professors do not maintain
Jeremiah 9:4 (show verse)
Yea, one must keep himself from another; no man may safely trust his own brother. For one brother undermineth another, and one neighbour begileth another.
Alertness » What to be aware of
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
Evil » Slander » General references to
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Slander » General references to
Slander » The wicked addicted to
Slander » They who indulge in, not to be trusted
Speaking, evil » Backbiting
Trust » Who not to trust in
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
Evil » Slander » General references to
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Slander » General references to
Slander » The wicked addicted to
Slander » They who indulge in, not to be trusted
Speaking, evil » Backbiting
Trust » Who not to trust in
Jeremiah 9:5 (show verse)
Yea, one dissesembleth with another, and they deal with no truth. They have practiced their tongues to lie, and taken great pains to do mischief.
Alertness » What to be aware of
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to each other
Deceit » Use, to each other
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Trust » Who not to trust in
Truth » Adaption of » Attitude of wicked toward
Truth » Attitude of the wicked toward
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
Truth » The evil people » Punished for want of
Truth » The wicked » Speak not
Truth » The evil people » Speak not
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to each other
Deceit » Use, to each other
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Trust » Who not to trust in
Truth » Adaption of » Attitude of wicked toward
Truth » Attitude of the wicked toward
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
Truth » The evil people » Punished for want of
Truth » The wicked » Speak not
Truth » The evil people » Speak not
Jeremiah 9:6 (show verse)
They have set their stole in the midst of deceit, and for very dissembling falsity they will not know me, sayeth the LORD.
Jeremiah 9:7 (show verse)
Therefore thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for what should I else do to my people?
Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Deceit » Punishment of
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » The refining influence of
Deceit » Punishment of
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » The refining influence of
Jeremiah 9:8 (show verse)
Their tongues are like sharp arrows, to speak deceit. With their mouth they speak peaceably to their neighbour, but privily they lay wait for him.
Jeremiah 9:9 (show verse)
Should I not punish them for these things, sayeth the LORD? Or should I not be avenged of any such people as this?
Jeremiah 9:10 (show verse)
"Upon the mountains will I take up a lamentation and sorrowful cry, and a mourning upon the fair plains of the wilderness: Namely, how they are so burnt up, that no man goeth there any more. Yea, a man shall not hear one beast cry there. Birds and cattle are all gone from thence.
Jeremiah 9:11 (show verse)
I will make Jerusalem also a heap of stones, and a den of venomous worms. And I will make the cities of Judah so waste, that no man shall dwell therein."
Jeremiah 9:12 (show verse)
What man is so wise, as to understand this? Or to whom hath the LORD spoken by mouth, that he may show this, and say, "O thou land, why perishest thou so? Wherefore art thou so burnt up, and like a wilderness that no man goeth through?"
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 9:13 (show verse)
Yea the LORD himself told the same unto them, that forsook his law, and kept not the thing that he gave them in commandment, neither lived thereafter:
Jeremiah 9:14 (show verse)
but followed the wickedness of their own hearts, and served strange gods, as their fathers taught them.
Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Home » Parental influence and example » Evil influence of parents
Influence » Good » Parents
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Evil influence of parents
Parents » Curses entailed
Parents » When wicked » Instruct their children in evil
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Home » Parental influence and example » Evil influence of parents
Influence » Good » Parents
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Evil influence of parents
Parents » Curses entailed
Parents » When wicked » Instruct their children in evil
Jeremiah 9:15 (show verse)
Therefore, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I will feed this people with wormwood, and give them gall to drink.
Jeremiah 9:16 (show verse)
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword among them, to persecute them, until I bring them to naught."
Jeremiah 9:17 (show verse)
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD of Hosts, "Look that ye call for mourning wives, and send for wise women: that they come shortly,
Jeremiah 9:18 (show verse)
and sing a mourning song of you: that the tears may fall out of our eyes, and that our eyelids may gush out of water.
Jeremiah 9:19 (show verse)
For there is a lamentable noise heard of Zion: 'O how are we so sore destroyed? O how are we so piteously confounded? We must forsake our own natural country, and we are shot out of our own lodgings.'"
Jeremiah 9:20 (show verse)
Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ears regard the words of his mouth: that ye may learn your daughters to mourn, and that every one may teach her neighbouress to make lamentation.
Jeremiah 9:21 (show verse)
Namely, thus: Death is climbing up into our windows, he is come into our houses, to destroy the child before the door, and the young man in the street.
Jeremiah 9:22 (show verse)
But tell thou plainly, thus sayeth the LORD, "The dead bodies of men shall lie upon the ground, as the dung upon the field, and as the hay after the mower, and there shall be no man to take them up."
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Jeremiah 9:23 (show verse)
Moreover, thus sayeth the LORD, "Let not the wise man rejoice in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength; neither the rich man in his riches.
Delight » What the lord delights in
Glory » Glorying in the lord
Glory » What not to glory in
Love » The lord exercising lovingkindness
Riches » They who possess, should » Not glory in them
Strength » What the mighty should not do
The judgment of babylon » The lord being a God of judgment
Wealth » What the rich should not do
Wisdom » What the wise should not do
Glory » Glorying in the lord
Glory » What not to glory in
Love » The lord exercising lovingkindness
Riches » They who possess, should » Not glory in them
Strength » What the mighty should not do
The judgment of babylon » The lord being a God of judgment
Wealth » What the rich should not do
Wisdom » What the wise should not do
Jeremiah 9:24 (show verse)
But who so will rejoice, let him rejoice in this: that he understandeth, and knoweth me. For I am the LORD, which do mercy, equity and righteousness upon the earth. Therefore have I pleasure in such things, sayeth the LORD."
Boasting » Boasting in God
Delight » What the lord delights in
Glory » Glorying in the lord
Glory » What not to glory in
God, Justice of » Exhibited in » His government
Knowledge » Spiritual knowledge, general references to » A cause for exultation
Love » The lord exercising lovingkindness
God, Righteousness Of » God delights in the exercise of
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
The judgment of babylon » The lord being a God of judgment
Delight » What the lord delights in
Glory » Glorying in the lord
Glory » What not to glory in
God, Justice of » Exhibited in » His government
Knowledge » Spiritual knowledge, general references to » A cause for exultation
Love » The lord exercising lovingkindness
God, Righteousness Of » God delights in the exercise of
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
The judgment of babylon » The lord being a God of judgment
Jeremiah 9:25 (show verse)
"Behold, the time cometh," sayeth the LORD, "that I will visit all them whose foreskin is uncircumcised.
Jeremiah 9:26 (show verse)
The Egyptians, the Jews, the Edomites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and the shaven Midianites that dwell in the wilderness. For all the Gentiles are uncircumcised in the flesh, but all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart."