Jeremiah 9:6

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Summary

Jeremiah 9:6

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Habitation

Refuse

1 Corinthians 15:34

General references

Exodus 16:28

Habakkuk 1:3

Acts 24:9

Bible References

Habitation

But I was like a gentle lamb led to the slaughter;
And I did not know that they had devised plots against me, saying,
“Let us destroy the tree with its fruit,
And let us cut him off from the land of the living,
That his name be remembered no more.”

Then they said, “Come and let us devise plans against Jeremiah. Surely the law is not going to be lost to the priest, nor counsel to the sage, nor the divine word to the prophet! Come on and let us strike at him with our tongue, and let us give no heed to any of his words.”

For I have heard the whispering of many,
“Terror on every side!

Denounce him; yes, let us denounce him!”

All my trusted friends,

Watching for my fall, say:
“Perhaps he will be deceived, so that we may prevail against him
And take our revenge on him.”

Deliver my soul, O Lord, from lying lips,
From a deceitful tongue.

Refuse

This wicked people, who refuse to listen to My words, who walk in the stubbornness of their hearts and have gone after other gods to serve them and to bow down to them, let them be just like this waistband which is totally worthless.

“They say to God, ‘Depart from us!
We do not even desire the knowledge of Your ways.

“Because I called and you refused,
I stretched out my hand and no one paid attention;

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

This is the judgment, that the Light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the Light, for their deeds were evil.

And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper,

Become sober-minded as you ought, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

General references

Then the Lord said to Moses, “How long do you refuse to keep My commandments and My instructions?

Why do You make me see iniquity,
And cause me to look on wickedness?
Yes, destruction and violence are before me;

Strife exists and contention arises.

The Jews also joined in the attack, asserting that these things were so.