ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 9
1. Oh that[H5414] my head[H7218] were waters[H4325], and mine eyes[H5869] a fountain[H4726] of tears[H1832], that I might weep[H1058] day[H3119] and night[H3915] for the slain[H2491] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971]!
2. Oh that[H5414] I had in the wilderness[H4057] a lodging-place[H4411] of wayfaring men[H732]; that I might leave[H5800] my people[H5971], and go[H3212] from them[H5003]! for they are all adulterers, an assembly[H6116] of treacherous men[H898].
3. And they bend[H1869] their tongue[H3956], as it were their bow[H7198], for falsehood[H8267]; and they are grown strong[H1396] in the land[H776], but not for truth[H530]: for they proceed[H3318] from evil[H7451] to evil[H7451], and they know[H3045] not me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
4. Take ye heed[H8104] every one[H376] of his neighbor[H7453], and trust[H982] ye not in any brother[H251]; for every brother[H251] will utterly[H6117] supplant[H6117], and every neighbor[H7453] will go[H1980] about with slanders[H7400].
5. And they will deceive[H2048] every one[H376] his neighbor[H7453], and will not speak[H1696] the truth[H571]: they have taught[H3925] their tongue[H3956] to speak[H1696] lies[H8267]; they weary[H3811] themselves to commit iniquity[H5753].
6. Thy habitation[H3427] is in the midst[H8432] of deceit[H4820]; through deceit[H4820] they refuse[H3985] to know[H3045] me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
7. Therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], Behold[H6884], I will melt them[H974], and try them[H6213]; for how else should I do, because[H6440] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971]?
8. Their tongue[H3956] is a deadly[H7819] arrow[H2671]; it speaketh[H1696] deceit[H4820]: one speaketh[H1696] peaceably[H7965] to his neighbor[H7453] with his mouth[H6310], but in his heart[H7130] he layeth[H7760] wait for him[H696].
9. Shall I not visit[H6485] them for these things[H5002]? saith Jehovah[H3068]; shall not my soul[H5315] be avenged[H5358] on such a nation as this[H1471]?
10. For the mountains[H2022] will I take up[H5375] a weeping[H1065] and wailing[H5092], and for the pastures[H4999] of the wilderness[H4057] a lamentation[H7015], because they are burned up[H3341], so that none[H376] passeth[H5674] through[H8085]; neither can men hear the voice[H6963] of the cattle[H4735]; both the birds[H5775] of the heavens[H8064] and the beasts[H929] are fled[H5074], they are gone[H1980].
11. And I will make[H5414] Jerusalem[H3389] heaps[H1530], a dwelling-place[H4583] of jackals[H8577]; and I will make[H5414] the cities[H5892] of Judah[H3063] a desolation[H8077], without inhabitant[H3427].
12. Who is the wise[H2450] man[H376], that may understand[H995] this[H6310]? and who is he to whom the mouth of Jehovah[H3068] hath spoken[H1696], that he may declare[H5046] it[H776]? wherefore is the land perished[H6] and burned up[H3341] like a wilderness[H4057], so that none passeth through[H5674]?
13. And Jehovah[H3068] saith[H559], Because they have forsaken[H5800] my law[H8451] which I set[H5414] before[H6440] them[H8085], and have not obeyed my voice[H6963], neither walked therein[H1980],
14. but have walked[H3212] after[H310] the stubbornness[H8307] of their own heart[H3820], and after[H310] the Baalim[H1168], which their fathers[H1] taught them[H3925];
15. therefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], Behold[H398], I will feed them[H5971], even this people, with wormwood[H3939], and give them water[H4325] of gall[H7219] to drink[H8248].
16. I will scatter[H6327] them also among the nations[H1471], whom neither they nor their fathers[H1] have known[H3045]; and I will send[H7971] the sword[H2719] after[H310] them[H3615], till I have consumed them.
17. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635], Consider[H995] ye[H7121], and call for the mourning women[H6969], that they may come[H935]; and send[H7971] for the skilful[H2450] women[H935], that they may come:
18. and let them make haste[H4116], and take up[H5375] a wailing[H5092] for us[H5869], that our eyes may run down[H3381] with tears[H1832], and our eyelids[H6079] gush out[H5140] with waters[H4325].
19. For a voice[H6963] of wailing[H5092] is heard[H8085] out of Zion[H6726], How are we ruined[H7703]! we are greatly[H3966] confounded[H954], because we have forsaken[H5800] the land[H776], because they have cast down[H7993] our dwellings[H4908].
20. Yet hear[H8085] the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068], O ye women[H802], and let your ear[H241] receive[H3947] the word[H1697] of his mouth[H6310]; and teach[H3925] your daughters[H1323] wailing[H5092], and every one[H802] her neighbor[H7468] lamentation[H7015].
21. For death[H4194] is come up[H5927] into our windows[H2474], it is entered[H935] into our palaces[H759]; to cut off[H3772] the children[H5768] from without[H2351], and the young men[H970] from the streets[H7339].
22. Speak[H1696], Thus saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], The dead bodies[H5038] of men[H120] shall fall[H5307] as dung[H1828] upon the open[H6440] field[H7704], and as the handful[H5995] after[H310] the harvestman[H7114]; and none shall gather them[H622].
23. Thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], Let not the wise[H2450] man glory[H1984] in his wisdom[H2451], neither let the mighty[H1368] man glory[H1984] in his might[H1369], let not the rich[H6223] man glory[H1984] in his riches[H6239];
24. but let him that glorieth[H1984] glory[H1984] in this[H7919], that he hath understanding, and knoweth[H3045] me[H3068], that I am Jehovah who exerciseth[H6213] lovingkindness[H2617], justice[H4941], and righteousness[H6666], in the earth[H776]: for in these things I delight[H2654], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068].
25. Behold[H3117], the days come[H935], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], that I will punish[H6485] all them that are circumcised[H4135] in their uncircumcision[H6190]:
26. Egypt[H4714], and Judah[H3063], and Edom[H123], and the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and Moab[H4124], and all that have the corners[H6285] of their hair cut off[H7112], that dwell[H3427] in the wilderness[H4057]; for all the nations[H1471] are uncircumcised[H6189], and all the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] are uncircumcised[H6189] in heart[H3820].
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