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Themes in Jeremiah 9

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Themes in Jeremiah 9

Jeremiah 9:1 (show verse)

Who will give my head waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears? and I will weep day and night for the wounded 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)

Who will give me in the desert a lodging-place of travelers? and I will leave my people and go from them, for they all commit adultery; an assembly of those acting faithlessly.

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

Jeremiah 9:3 (show verse)

And they will bend their tongue, their bow, a lie: and they were not strong for faithfulness upon the land; for from evil to evil they went forth, and they knew me not, says Jehovah.

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)

Watch ye each from his neighbor, and to any brother ye shall not trust, for every brother deceiving, will deceive, and every neighbor will go tale-bearing.

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 mock, a man upon his neighbor, and they will not speak the truth: they taught their tongue to speak falsehood, they wearied themselves to sin.

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 dwelling is in the midst of deceit; by deceit they refused to know me, says Jehovah.

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)

For this, thus said Jehovah of armies, Behold me melting them, and I tried them; for how shall I do for the face 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 a deadly arrow, speaking deceit; in his mouth he will speak peace to his neighbor, and be will lay his wait in his midst

Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues
Deceit » Punishment of

Jeremiah 9:9 (show verse)

For these things, shall I not review upon them? says Jehovah; or shall not my soul be avenged upon a nation such 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 lift up weeping and lamentation, and for the seats of the desert, a song of mourning, for they were burnt, from not a man passing through; and they heard not the voice of cattle: from the bird of the heavens and even to the cattle, they fled away, they departed.

Birds » Often remove from places suffering calamities

Jeremiah 9:11 (show verse)

And I gave Jerusalem for heaps and a dwelling of jackals; and the cities of Judah I will give a desolation from none inhabiting.

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 the wise man and he will understand this? and which the mouth of Jehovah spake to him, and he will announce it, for what the land perished it was burnt as the desert, from not being passed through.

No Themes for this verse.

Jeremiah 9:13 (show verse)

And Jehovah will say, For their forsaking my law which I gave before their face, and they heard not to my voice, and they went not 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)

And they went after the stubbornness of their heart, and after the Baalims 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)

For this, thus said Jehovah of armies, God of Israel: Behold me causing this people to eat wormwood, and I gave them to drink water of poison.

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)

And I scattered them in the nations which they knew not, they and their fathers: and I sent after them the sword till I 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 said Jehovah of armies, Give heed, and call ye for the wailing women, and they shall come forth; and send ye to the wise women, and they shall come forth.

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 they shall hasten and lift up a lamentation for us, and our eyes shall go down with tears, and our eyelashes shall shake out 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 lamentation was heard from Zion: How were we laid waste! we were greatly ashamed, for we forsook the land, and cast away our dwellings

Zion » Name of, applied to jerusalem

Jeremiah 9:20 (show verse)

For hear, ye women, the word of Jehovah, and your ear shall receive the word of his mouth, and teach ye your daughters lamentation, and a woman her neighbor, the song of mourning.

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

Jeremiah 9:21 (show verse)

For death came up into our windows, it came into our palaces to cut off the child from without, the young men from the streets.

Palaces » Often as a punishment » Scenes of bloodshed

Jeremiah 9:22 (show verse)

Speak: Thus says Jehovah, The carcasses of men fell as dung upon the face of the field, as the handful after the reaper, and none gathering.

No Themes for this verse.

Jeremiah 9:23 (show verse)

Thus said Jehovah, The wise shall not boast in his wisdom, and the strong shall not boast in his strength; the rich shall not boast 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 he boasting shall boast in this, to understand and know me, that I am Jehovah, doing mercy, judgment and justice in the earth: for in these I delighted, says Jehovah.

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 coming, says Jehovah, and I reviewed over all the circumcised with the uncircumcised;

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

Jeremiah 9:26 (show verse)

Over Egypt and over Judah and over Edom, and over the sons of Ammon, and over Moab, and over all cut off of the extremity dwelling in the desert: for all the nations being uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel uncircumcised of heart

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