CINXE.COM

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1.0; maximum-scale=1.0; user-scalable=0;"/><title>Jeremiah 9 ISV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/9.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">ISV</a> > Jeremiah 9</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/8.htm" title="Jeremiah 8">◄</a> Jeremiah 9 <a href="../jeremiah/10.htm" title="Jeremiah 10">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">International Standard Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/isv/esv/jeremiah/9.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="heading">The LORD’s Sorrow for His People</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:1 Because this verse is 8:23 in MT, there is a one verse discrepancy between MT and the ISV throughout this chapter.">a</a></span> “Oh, that my head were a spring of water,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:1 Lit. were waters">b</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">and my eyes a fountain of tears,</p> <p class="poetry2">for then I would cry day and night for those</p> <p class="poetry2">of my people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:1 Lit. for the daughter of my people">c</a></span> who have been killed.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Oh, that I had a lodging place for travelers in the desert,</p> <p class="poetry2">so that I could leave my people</p> <p class="poetry2">and go away from them.</p> <p class="poetry2">For all of them are adulterers,</p> <p class="poetry2">a band of traitors.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>They use their tongues like a bow.</p> <p class="poetry2">Lies rather than truth fly throughout<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:3 Lit. prevail in">d</a></span> the land.</p> <p class="poetry2">They progress from one evil to another,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they don’t know me,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Beware of your neighbors, and don’t trust</p> <p class="poetry2">any of your relatives.</p> <p class="poetry2">For all of your relatives act deceitfully,</p> <p class="poetry2">and every friend goes around as a slanderer.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>People deceive their friends,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they don’t tell the truth.</p> <p class="poetry2">They have taught their tongues to tell lies.</p> <p class="poetry2">They exhaust themselves practicing evil.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:5 Or themselves with iniquity">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>You yourself live in the midst of deception,</p> <p class="poetry2">and because they are deceived they do not know me,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 marginbot"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says:</p> <p class="poetry2">“Look, I’m about to refine and test them.</p> <p class="poetry2">Because they’re my people, what else can I do?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:7 Lit. because of the daughter of my people">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Their tongue is a deadly arrow</p> <p class="poetry2">that speaks deceit.</p> <p class="poetry2">With his mouth a person says, ‘Peace,’ to his friend,</p> <p class="poetry2">but inwardly he sets a trap for him.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Should I not punish them for these things?”<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:9 Or punish these people">g</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">asks the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">“and should I not avenge myself on a nation like this?”</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>I’ll weep and mourn for the mountains,</p> <p class="poetry2">and lament for the desert pastures,</p> <p class="poetry2">because they are desolate and no one passes through them.</p> <p class="poetry2">They don’t hear the lowing of the cattle.</p> <p class="poetry2">Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.</p> <p class="poetry2">They’re gone!</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“I’ll make Jerusalem a heap of ruins,</p> <p class="poetry2">a refuge for jackals.</p> <p class="poetry2">I’ll make the towns of Judah desolate,</p> <p class="poetry2">without inhabitants.”</p> <p class="heading">The Reason for Judgment</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Who is the wise person who understands this, and to whom has the LORD<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:12 Lit. the mouth of the LORD">h</a></span> spoken so that he may declare it? Why is the land destroyed, ruined like the desert, without anyone passing through it? <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The LORD said, “It is because they have forsaken my Law that I gave them. They didn’t obey me and didn’t live according to it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Instead, they followed their rebellious hearts and the Baals,<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:14 i.e. images of the Canaanite storm god">i</a></span> as their ancestors taught them.”</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Therefore, this is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies, the God of Israel, says: “Look, I’ll make these people eat wormwood<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:15 i.e. a bitter plant">j</a></span> and drink poisoned water. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>I’ll scatter them among nations that neither they nor their ancestors have known, and I’ll pursue them with the sword until I’ve finished them off.”</p> <p class="heading">A Call to Lament</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>This is what the LORD of the Heavenly Armies says:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Think about what I’m saying!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:17 The Heb. lacks about what I’m saying">k</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Indeed, call out the professional mourners!<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:17 Lit. lamenting women">l</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Send for the best of them to come.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Let them hurry and lament for us.</p> <p class="poetry2">Let tears run down from our eyes,</p> <p class="poetry2">and let our eyelids flow with water.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>For a sound of mourning is heard from Zion:</p> <p class="poetry2">‘How we’re ruined!</p> <p class="poetry2">Our shame is very great,</p> <p class="poetry2">because we have left the land,</p> <p class="poetry2">because our houses are torn down.’”</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Now, you women, hear the message from the LORD;</p> <p class="poetry2">listen to what he has to say!</p> <p class="poetry2">Teach your daughters how to mourn,</p> <p class="poetry2">let every woman teach<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:20 The Heb. lacks teach">m</a></span> her friend how to lament.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>For death comes up through our windows;</p> <p class="poetry2">it has come into our palaces</p> <p class="poetry2">to eliminate children from the streets</p> <p class="poetry2">and young men from the town squares.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Speak! ‘This is what the LORD says:</p> <p class="poetry2">“The corpses of people will fall like dung</p> <p class="poetry2">on the surface of the field,</p> <p class="poetry2">and like a row of cut grain behind</p> <p class="poetry2">the harvester when there is no one to gather it.”’”</p> <p class="heading">True Wisdom and the Coming Judgment</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>This is what the LORD says: “The wise man is not to boast in his wisdom; the strong man is not to boast in his strength; and the rich man is not to boast in his riches. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>Rather, let the one who boasts, boast in this: that he understands and knows me, for I am the LORD who acts with gracious love, justice, and righteousness in the land. I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>“Look, days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I’ll punish all who are circumcised only in the flesh:<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:25 Lit. circumcised of foreskin">n</a></span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/9-26.htm"><b>26</b></a></span>Egypt, Judah, Edom, the people of Ammon, Moab, all those who live in the desert and shave the corners of their beard;<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:26 Lit. cut off of side">o</a></span> indeed all the other<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="9:26 The Heb. lacks other">p</a></span> nations that are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel that is uncircumcised of heart.”</p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 9:1 Because this verse is 8:23 in MT, there is a one verse discrepancy between MT and the ISV throughout this chapter.<br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 9:1 Lit. <i>were waters</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 9:1 Lit. <i>for the daughter of my people</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 9:3 Lit. <i>prevail in</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 9:5 Or <i>themselves with iniquity</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 9:7 Lit. <i>because of the daughter of my people</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 9:9 Or <i>punish these people</i><br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 9:12 Lit. <i>the mouth of the LORD</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 9:14 i.e. images of the Canaanite storm god<br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 9:15 i.e. a bitter plant<br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 9:17 The Heb. lacks <i>about what I’m saying</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 9:17 Lit. <i>lamenting women</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 9:20 The Heb. lacks <i>teach</i><br /><span class="fnb">n</span> 9:25 Lit. <i>circumcised of foreskin</i><br /><span class="fnb">o</span> 9:26 Lit. <i>cut off of side</i><br /><span class="fnb">p</span> 9:26 The Heb. lacks <i>other</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 10" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/jeremiah/9-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table><br /><br /><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></td></tr></table></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>