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Themes in Jeremiah 9

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Themes in Jeremiah 9

Jeremiah 9:1 (show verse)

Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter 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

Jeremiah 9:2 (show verse)

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.

Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted

Jeremiah 9:3 (show verse)

And they bend their tongue--their bow--for falsehood, and they have grown strong in the land, but not for truth. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not know me, says 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

Jeremiah 9:4 (show verse)

Take ye heed each one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother, for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go about with slanders.

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

Jeremiah 9:5 (show verse)

And they will deceive each one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves to commit iniquity.

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

Jeremiah 9:6 (show verse)

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says LORD.

Alertness » What to be aware of
Deceit » Evil of » Keeps from knowledge of God
Deceit » Evil of » Hinders knowledge of God
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Trust » Who not to trust in

Jeremiah 9:7 (show verse)

Therefore thus says LORD of hosts: Behold, I will melt them, and try them, for how [else] should I do, because of the daughter of 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

Jeremiah 9:8 (show verse)

Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceit. He speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart he lays wait for him.

Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues
Deceit » Punishment of

Jeremiah 9:9 (show verse)

Shall I not visit them for these things? says LORD. Shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

Deceit » Punishment of
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
Truth » The evil people » Punished for want of

For the mountains I will 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, nor can men hear the voice of the cattle. Both the birds of the

Birds » Often remove from places suffering calamities

Jeremiah 9:11 (show verse)

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals. And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.

Animals » Names of » Dragons
Dragon » A serpent or the desert
the Dragon » Found in » Deserted cities
Jerusalem » Prophecies against
Jerusalem » Prophecies respecting » To be made a heap of ruins
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Dragon

Jeremiah 9:12 (show verse)

Who is the wise man, who may understand this, and he to whom the mouth of LORD has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?

No Themes for this verse.

Jeremiah 9:13 (show verse)

And LORD says, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, nor walked in it,

Disobedience to God » Bitter results of, illustrated
Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Law » Bondage of » Despised
The law of God » The wicked » Forsake
The bible » The law part of » Despised

Jeremiah 9:14 (show verse)

but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which 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

Jeremiah 9:15 (show verse)

Therefore thus says LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

Disobedience to God » Bitter results of, illustrated
Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Wormwood » Figurative

Jeremiah 9:16 (show verse)

I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. And I will send the sword after them, till I have consumed them.

Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Israel » Prophecies concerning » Dispersion of

Jeremiah 9:17 (show verse)

Thus says LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and send for the skilful women, that they may come.

Burial » Attended by » Hired mourners
The Dead » Mourning for » Hired mourners
The Dead » Mourning for, often » By hired mourners
Mourning » Customs » Hired mourners
Mourning » Hired mourners
Woman » Often engaged in » Attending funerals as mourners

Jeremiah 9:18 (show verse)

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.

Burial » Attended by » Hired mourners
The Dead » Mourning for, often » By hired mourners
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners

Jeremiah 9:19 (show verse)

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.

Zion » Name of, applied to jerusalem

Jeremiah 9:20 (show verse)

Yet hear the word of LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her neighbor lamentation.

ears » Should » Receive the word of God
Woman » Often engaged in » Attending funerals as mourners

Jeremiah 9:21 (show verse)

For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces, to cut off the sons from outside, the young men from the streets.

Palaces » Often as a punishment » Scenes of bloodshed

Jeremiah 9:22 (show verse)

Speak, Thus says LORD: The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather.

No Themes for this verse.

Jeremiah 9:23 (show verse)

Thus says LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, nor let the mighty man glory in his might. Let not the rich man glory 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

Jeremiah 9:24 (show verse)

but let him who boasts boast in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth. For in these things I delight, says 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

Jeremiah 9:25 (show verse)

Behold, the days come, says LORD, that I will punish all those who are circumcised in [their] uncircumcision:

Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
Egypt » Prophecies against
God » Impartiality of » In judgment
divine Impartiality » In judgment

Jeremiah 9:26 (show verse)

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the sons of Ammon, and 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

Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
Character » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised in heart
Character of the wicked » Uncircumcised in heart
Circumcision » Figurative
Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » To share in the punishment of the nations
Egypt » Prophecies against