Jeremiah 9:5

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Summary

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

They will

Deceive

Job 11:3

Taught

Weary

General references

Bible References

They will

Yea, every one, of his neighbour, maketh a dupe, And, truth, they do not speak, - They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, In acting perversely, they have wearied themselves.

Transgressing, and denying Yahweh, And turning away from following our God, - Speaking oppression and revolt, Conceiving, and muttering from the heart, words of falsehood.

For, her rich men, are full of violence, and, her inhabitants, have spoken falsehood, - and, their tongue, is deceitful in their mouth.

Wherefore, stripping off what is false, be speaking truth each one with his neighbour, because we are members one of another;

Deceive

Shall, thy pratings, cause men to hold their peace? When thou hast mocked, shall there be none to put thee to shame?

Taught

Who have prepared e their tongue as their bow of falsehood, And, not by faithfulness, have they become mighty in the land, - For from wickedness unto wickedness, have they gone forth, But me, have they not known, Declareth Yahweh.

For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.

Thy mouth, hast thou thrust into wickedness, And, thy tongue, kept weaving deceit;

Who have sharpened, like a sword, their tongue, Have made ready their arrow - a bitter word;

They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent, - The poison of the asp, is under their lips. Selah.

in hypocrisy, speaking falsehood, of demons cauterised in their own conscience, -

Weary

the men also who were at the entrance of the house, smote they with blindness, from small even unto great, so that they wearied themselves to find the entrance.

Lo! he gendereth trouble, and conceiveth mischief, but giveth birth to a disappointment:

For they sleep not, unless they can do mischief, - They rob themselves of their sleep, if they cannot cause someone to stumble,

Alas! for them Who draw on themselves punishment with cords of falsehood, - And as with waggon-bands, penalty:

Every man, to his neighbour, giveth help, - And to his brother, saith Take courage!

As for the smith, with his cutting-tool, - When he hath wrought in the live coals, And, with hammers, hath fashioned it, - And hath wrought it with his strong arm, Anon he is hungry, and hath no strength, He hath drunk no water and so hath become faint!

With the length of thy journey, thou wast wearied, Thou didst not say, Hopeless! The reviving of thy power, thou didst find, For this cause, hast thou not become sick.

With toils, hath she wearied herself, - Since her abundant scum will not go out of her, into the fire, with her scum!

O my people! what have I done to thee? and wherein have I wearied thee? Testify thou against me!

Lo! is it not from Yahweh of hosts - that peoples labour for fire, and, populations, for emptiness, weary themselves?

General references

So she laid by his garment beside her, - until his lord should come into his house,

So Delilah said unto Samson, Do tell me, I pray thee, wherein lieth thy great strength, - and wherewith thou mightest be bound, to humble thee.

Wherefore shouldst thou let me see iniquity, and, wrong, shouldst let me behold, and, force and violence, be straight before me, - and there should have ever been someone who, contention and strife, would uphold?

Moreover, the Jews also were joining in the attack, saying that, these things, were, so.