Jeremiah 9:1 Oh that5414 my head7218 were waters,4325{Heb. who will give my head etc.} and mine eyes5869 a fountain4726 of tears,1832 that I might weep1058 day3119 and night3915 for the slain2491 of the daughter1323 of my people!5971 cr 2 Oh that5414 I had in the wilderness4057 a lodging place4411 of wayfaring men;732 that I might leave5800 my people,5971 and go3212 from them! for they be all adulterers,5003 an assembly6116 of treacherous men.898 cr 3 And they bend1869 their tongues3956 like their bow7198 for lies:8267 but they are not valiant1396 for the truth530 upon the earth;776 for they proceed3318 from evil7451 to evil,7451 and they know3045 not me, saith5002 the LORD.3068 cr 4 Take ye heed8104 every one376 of his neighbour,7453{Or, friend} and trust982 ye not in any brother:251 for every brother251 will utterly6117 supplant,6117 and every neighbour7453 will walk1980 with slanders.7400 cr 5 And they will deceive2048{Or, mock} every one376 his neighbour,7453 and will not speak1696 the truth:571 they have taught3925 their tongue3956 to speak1696 lies,8267 and weary3811 themselves to commit iniquity.5753 cr 6 Thine habitation3427 is in the midst8432 of deceit;4820 through deceit4820 they refuse3985 to know3045 me, saith5002 the LORD.3068 cr 7 Therefore thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts,6635 Behold, I will melt6884 them, and try974 them; for how shall I do6213 for6440 the daughter1323 of my people?5971 cr 8 Their tongue3956 is as an arrow2671 shot out;7819 it speaketh1696 deceit:4820 one speaketh1696 peaceably7965 to his neighbour7453 with his mouth,6310 but in heart7130{Heb. in the midst of him} he layeth7760 his wait.696{Or, wait for him} cr

Jeremiah 9:9 Shall I not visit6485 them for these things? saith5002 the LORD:3068 shall not my soul5315 be avenged5358 on such a nation1471 as this? cr 10 For the mountains2022 will I take up5375 a weeping1065 and wailing,5092 and for the habitations4999{Or, pastures} of the wilderness4057 a lamentation,7015 because they are burned up,3341{Or, desolate} so that none376 can pass5674 through them; neither can men hear8085 the voice6963 of the cattle;4735 both the fowl5775 of the heavens8064{Heb. from the fowel even to etc.} and the beast929 are fled;5074 they are gone.1980 cr 11 And I will make5414 Jerusalem3389 heaps,1530 and a den4583 of dragons;8577 and I will make5414 the cities5892 of Judah3063 desolate,8077{Heb. desolation} without an inhabitant.3427 cr

Jeremiah 9:12 Who is the wise2450 man,376 that may understand995 this? and who is he to whom the mouth6310 of the LORD3068 hath spoken,1696 that he may declare5046 it, for what the land776 perisheth6 and is burned up3341 like a wilderness,4057 that none passeth through?5674 cr 13 And the LORD3068 saith,559 Because they have forsaken5800 my law8451 which I set5414 before6440 them, and have not obeyed8085 my voice,6963 neither walked1980 therein; cr 14 But have walked3212 after310 the imagination8307{Or, stubbornness} of their own heart,3820 and after310 Baalim,1168 which their fathers1 taught3925 them: cr 15 Therefore thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts,6635 the God430 of Israel;3478 Behold, I will feed398 them, even this people,5971 with wormwood,3939 and give them water4325 of gall7219 to drink.8248 cr 16 I will scatter6327 them also among the heathen,1471 whom neither they nor their fathers1 have known:3045 and I will send7971 a sword2719 after310 them, till I have consumed3615 them. cr

Jeremiah 9:17 Thus saith559 the LORD3068 of hosts,6635 Consider995 ye, and call7121 for the mourning women,6969 that they may come;935 and send7971 for cunning2450 women, that they may come:935 cr 18 And let them make haste,4116 and take up5375 a wailing5092 for us, that our eyes5869 may run down3381 with tears,1832 and our eyelids6079 gush out5140 with waters.4325 cr 19 For a voice6963 of wailing5092 is heard8085 out of Zion,6726 How are we spoiled!7703 we are greatly3966 confounded,954 because we have forsaken5800 the land,776 because our dwellings4908 have cast us out.7993 cr 20 Yet hear8085 the word1697 of the LORD,3068 O ye women,802 and let your ear241 receive3947 the word1697 of his mouth,6310 and teach3925 your daughters1323 wailing,5092 and every one802 her neighbour7468 lamentation.7015 cr 21 For death4194 is come up5927 into our windows,2474 and is entered935 into our palaces,759 to cut off3772 the children5768 from without,2351 and the young men970 from the streets.7339 cr 22 Speak,1696 Thus saith5002 the LORD,3068 Even the carcases5038 of men120 shall fall5307 as dung1828 upon the open6440 field,7704 and as the handful5995 after310 the harvestman,7114 and none shall gather622 them. cr

Jeremiah 9:23 Thus saith559 the LORD,3068 Let not the wise2450 man glory1984 in his wisdom,2451 neither let the mighty1368 man glory1984 in his might,1369 let not the rich6223 man glory1984 in his riches:6239 cr 24 But let him that glorieth1984 glory1984 in this, that he understandeth7919 and knoweth3045 me, that I am the LORD3068 which exercise6213 lovingkindness,2617 judgment,4941 and righteousness,6666 in the earth:776 for in these things I delight,2654 saith5002 the LORD.3068 cr

Jeremiah 9:25 Behold, the days3117 come,935 saith5002 the LORD,3068 that I will punish6485{Heb. visit upon} all them which are circumcised4135 with the uncircumcised;6190 cr 26 Egypt,4714 and Judah,3063 and Edom,123 and the children1121 of Ammon,5983 and Moab,4124 and all that are in the utmost7112 corners,6285{Heb. cut off into corners, or having the corners of their hair polled} that dwell3427 in the wilderness:4057 for all these nations1471 are uncircumcised,6189 and all the house1004 of Israel3478 are uncircumcised6189 in the heart.3820 cr