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For they are all adulterers— a pack of treacherous liars. <a href="/esv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Standard Version</a> Oh that I had in the desert a travelers’ lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men. <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people. <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9.htm">King James Bible</a> 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 be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/9.htm">New King James Version</a> Oh, that I had in the wilderness A lodging place for travelers; That I might leave my people, And go from them! For they are all adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men. <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Oh that I had in the desert A travelers’ lodging place; So that I might leave my people And go away from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous people. <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1995</a> Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers&#8217 lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men. <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/9.htm">NASB 1977 </a> O that I had in the desert A wayfarers’ lodging place; That I might leave my people, And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men. <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Oh that I had in the desert A travelers’ lodging place, That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, A solemn assembly of treacherous men. <a href="/amp/jeremiah/9.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Oh that I had in the wilderness A lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men, That I might leave my people And go away from them! For they are all adulterers [worshiping idols instead of the LORD], [They are] an assembly of treacherous men [of weak character, men without integrity]. <a href="/csb/jeremiah/9.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> If only I had a traveler’s lodging place in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a solemn assembly of treacherous people. <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/9.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> If only I had a traveler&#8217s lodging place in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a solemn assembly of treacherous people. <a href="/asv/jeremiah/9.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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. <a href="/cev/jeremiah/9.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I wish I could go into the desert and find a hiding place from all who are treacherous and unfaithful to God. <a href="/erv/jeremiah/9.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/9.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I wish I had a place to stay in the desert. I would abandon my people and go away from them. They are all adulterers, a mob of traitors. <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/9.htm">Good News Translation</a> I wish I had a place to stay in the desert where I could get away from my people. They are all unfaithful, a mob of traitors. <a href="/isv/jeremiah/9.htm">International Standard Version</a> Oh, that I had a lodging place for travelers in the desert, so that I could leave my people and go away from them. For all of them are adulterers, a band of traitors. <a href="/msb/jeremiah/9.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> If only I had a traveler?s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people. <a href="/net/jeremiah/9.htm">NET Bible</a> I wish I had a lodging place in the desert where I could spend some time like a weary traveler. Then I would desert my people and walk away from them because they are all unfaithful to God, a congregation of people that has been disloyal to him. <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/9.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> 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." <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of way-faring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men. <a href="/web/jeremiah/9.htm">World English Bible</a> 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. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/9.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Who gives me in a wilderness "" A lodging-place for travelers? And I leave my people, and go from them, "" For all of them [are] adulterers, "" An assembly of treacherous ones. <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/9.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones. <a href="/slt/jeremiah/9.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/9.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, and I will leave my people, and depart from them? because they are all adulterers, an assembly of transgressors. <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/9.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Who will provide me, in the wilderness, with a lodging place along the road? And then I will forsake my people, and withdraw from them. For they are all adulterers, a union of transgressors. <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/9.htm">New American Bible</a> Oh, that I had in the wilderness a travelers’ lodging! That I might leave my people and depart from them. They are all adulterers, a band of traitors. <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/9.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> O that I had in the desert a traveler’s lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a band of traitors.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/9.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of liars. <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/9.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> But who has left me in the wilderness a house of lodging of travelers of the road, and I left my people and I myself went from their presence, because all of them commit adultery and are assemblies of liars<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/9.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Oh that I were in the wilderness, In 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. <a href="/sep/jeremiah/9.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men. <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=2751" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/9.htm">A Lament over Zion</a> 1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people. 2<a href="/hebrew/4310.htm" title="4310: mî- (Interrog) -- An interrogative pronoun of persons, as mah is of things, who?; also whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.">If only</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: yit·tə·nê·nî (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms:: 1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application."></a> <a href="/hebrew/732.htm" title="732: ’ō·rə·ḥîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To wander, journey, go. A primitive root; to travel.">I had a traveler’s</a> <a href="/hebrew/4411.htm" title="4411: mə·lō·wn (N-msc) -- A lodging place, inn, khan. From luwn; a lodgment, i.e. Caravanserai or encampment.">lodge</a> <a href="/hebrew/4057.htm" title="4057: ḇam·miḏ·bār (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- A pasture, a desert, speech. From dabar in the sense of driving; a pasture; by implication, a desert; also speech.">in the wilderness,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: wə·’e·‘ez·ḇāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">I would abandon</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5971.htm" title="5971: ‘am·mî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- From amam; a people; specifically, a tribe; hence troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock.">my people</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjImperf.Cohort-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">and depart</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: mê·’it·tām (Prep-m:: DirObjM:: 3mp) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">from them,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">for</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: ḵul·lām (N-msc:: 3mp) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">they are all</a> <a href="/hebrew/5003.htm" title="5003: mə·nā·’ă·p̄îm (V-Piel-Prtcpl-mp) -- To commit adultery. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize.">adulterers,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6116.htm" title="6116: ‘ă·ṣe·reṯ (N-fsc) -- An assembly. Or matsereth; from atsar; an assembly, especially on a festival or holiday.">a crowd</a> <a href="/hebrew/898.htm" title="898: bō·ḡə·ḏîm (V-Qal-Prtcpl-mp) -- To act or deal treacherously. A primitive root; to cover; figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage.">of faithless people.</a> 3“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/psalms/55-6.htm">Psalm 55:6-8</a> I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest. / How far away I would flee! In the wilderness I would remain. Selah / I would hurry to my shelter, far from this raging tempest.” <a href="/micah/7-5.htm">Micah 7:5-6</a> Do not rely on a friend; do not trust in a companion. Seal the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms. / For a son dishonors his father, a daughter rises against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. A man’s enemies are the members of his own household. <a href="/matthew/10-34.htm">Matthew 10:34-36</a> Do not assume that I have come to bring peace to the earth; I have not come to bring peace, but a sword. / For I have come to turn ‘a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law. / A man’s enemies will be the members of his own household.’ <a href="/isaiah/21-2.htm">Isaiah 21:2-3</a> A dire vision is declared to me: “The traitor still betrays, and the destroyer still destroys. Go up, O Elam! Lay siege, O Media! I will put an end to all her groaning.” / Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see. <a href="/hosea/9-12.htm">Hosea 9:12-13</a> Even if they raise their children, I will bereave them of each one. Yes, woe be to them when I turn away from them! / I have seen Ephraim, like Tyre, planted in a meadow. But Ephraim will bring out his children for slaughter. <a href="/luke/12-51.htm">Luke 12:51-53</a> Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division. / From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three. / They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.” <a href="/psalms/120-5.htm">Psalm 120:5-7</a> Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar! / Too long have I dwelt among those who hate peace. / I am in favor of peace; but when I speak, they want war. <a href="/mark/13-12.htm">Mark 13:12-13</a> Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child. Children will rise against their parents and have them put to death. / You will be hated by everyone because of My name, but the one who perseveres to the end will be saved. <a href="/isaiah/6-11.htm">Isaiah 6:11-12</a> Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged, / until the LORD has driven men far away and the land is utterly forsaken. <a href="/ezekiel/20-38.htm">Ezekiel 20:38</a> And I will purge you of those who rebel and transgress against Me. I will bring them out of the land in which they dwell, but they will not enter the land of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD. <a href="/john/16-1.htm">John 16:1-4</a> “I have told you these things so that you will not fall away. / They will put you out of the synagogues. In fact, a time is coming when anyone who kills you will think he is offering a service to God. / They will do these things because they have not known the Father or Me. ... <a href="/amos/5-13.htm">Amos 5:13</a> Therefore, the prudent keep silent in such times, for the days are evil. <a href="/2_timothy/3-1.htm">2 Timothy 3:1-5</a> But understand this: In the last days terrible times will come. / For men will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, / unloving, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, without love of good, ... <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. <a href="/1_john/3-13.htm">1 John 3:13</a> So do not be surprised, brothers, if the world hates you.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>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 be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.that I had.<a href="/psalms/55-6.htm">Psalm 55:6-8</a> And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest… <a href="/psalms/120-5.htm">Psalm 120:5-7</a> Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar! … <a href="/micah/7-1.htm">Micah 7:1-7</a> Woe is me! for I am as when they have gathered the summer fruits, as the grapegleanings of the vintage: there is no cluster to eat: my soul desired the firstripe fruit… for.<a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7,8</a> How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses… <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Jeremiah 23:10</a> For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their course is evil, and their force is not right.<a href="/ezekiel/22-10.htm">Ezekiel 22:10,11</a> In thee have they discovered their fathers' nakedness: in thee have they humbled her that was set apart for pollution… an assembly.<a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Jeremiah 12:1,6</a> Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously? … <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Hosea 5:7</a> They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.<a href="/hosea/6-7.htm">Hosea 6:7</a> But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Adulterers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/isaiah/37-32.htm">Band</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-18.htm">Company</a> <a href="/psalms/64-2.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-19.htm">Far</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-37.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/isaiah/10-29.htm">Lodging</a> <a href="/isaiah/21-13.htm">Night's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/isaiah/66-1.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-8.htm">Travelers</a> <a href="/job/21-29.htm">Travellers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-11.htm">Treacherous</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-9.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-34.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/job/21-29.htm">Wayfarers</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Wayfaring</a> <a href="/isaiah/35-8.htm">Way-Faring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-26.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Adulterers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Assembly</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">Band</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-17.htm">Company</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-11.htm">Crowd</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Desert</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-2.htm">Far</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-17.htm">Leave</a> <a href="/luke/24-18.htm">Lodging</a> <a href="/genesis/42-27.htm">Night's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-15.htm">Ones</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-6.htm">Resting-Place</a> <a href="/judges/5-6.htm">Travelers</a> <a href="/acts/19-29.htm">Travellers</a> <a href="/hosea/7-16.htm">Treacherous</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-6.htm">Untrue</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-11.htm">Waste</a> <a href="/job/21-29.htm">Wayfarers</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Wayfaring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Way-Faring</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Wilderness</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 9</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm">Jeremiah laments the people for their manifold sins;</a> 9. <a href="/jeremiah/9-9.htm">and for their judgment.</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/9-12.htm">Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity.</a> 17. <a href="/jeremiah/9-17.htm">He exhorts to mourn for their destruction;</a> 23. <a href="/jeremiah/9-23.htm">and to trust not in themselves, but in God.</a> 25. <a href="/jeremiah/9-25.htm">He threatens both Jews and Gentiles.</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The wilderness often symbolizes a place of solitude and separation from society, as seen in the experiences of figures like Moses and Elijah. The "traveler's lodge" suggests a temporary refuge, indicating Jeremiah's yearning for a brief respite from the moral decay surrounding him. This longing for isolation echoes the prophet's role as an outsider, often rejected by his own people for delivering God's messages.I would abandon my people and depart from them Jeremiah expresses a profound sense of frustration and disillusionment with the Israelites. His desire to abandon them highlights the severity of their unfaithfulness and the burden of his prophetic mission. This sentiment is reminiscent of other prophets who felt overwhelmed by the people's persistent rebellion, such as Elijah in <a href="/1_kings/19-4.htm">1 Kings 19:4</a>. The prophet's struggle underscores the tension between divine calling and human emotion.for they are all adulterers The term "adulterers" is used metaphorically to describe the Israelites' spiritual unfaithfulness to God. In the Old Testament, idolatry is often equated with adultery, as seen in Hosea's prophetic ministry. This imagery conveys the seriousness of Israel's covenant breach, portraying their worship of other gods as a betrayal akin to marital infidelity. The use of "all" emphasizes the widespread nature of this sin among the people.a crowd of faithless people The phrase "a crowd of faithless people" underscores the collective nature of Israel's apostasy. The term "faithless" suggests a lack of trust and loyalty to God, which is a recurring theme in the prophetic literature. This description aligns with the broader biblical narrative of Israel's repeated cycles of disobedience and repentance. The crowd imagery may also evoke the idea of a mob mentality, where individuals are swept up in the prevailing culture of unfaithfulness, further illustrating the pervasive spiritual decline.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> The prophet who is expressing his deep sorrow and frustration over the sinful state of his people, Judah. 2. <a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a> The southern kingdom of Israel, which is the focus of Jeremiah's lament due to their unfaithfulness to God. 3. <a href="/topical/w/wilderness.htm">Wilderness</a> Symbolically represents a place of isolation and separation, where Jeremiah wishes to escape from the corruption of his people. 4. <a href="/topical/a/adulterers.htm">Adulterers</a> Refers to the spiritual unfaithfulness of the people of Judah, who have turned away from God to worship idols. 5. <a href="/topical/t/traitors.htm">Traitors</a> Indicates the betrayal of God's covenant by the people, highlighting their disloyalty and deceit.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_pain_of_prophetic_ministry.htm">The Pain of Prophetic Ministry</a> Jeremiah's lament highlights the emotional burden of speaking God's truth to a rebellious people. Believers today may also feel isolated when standing for truth in a corrupt society. <a href="/topical/s/spiritual_adultery.htm">Spiritual Adultery</a> Just as Judah was unfaithful to God, Christians must guard against idolatry and ensure their devotion remains solely to God. <a href="/topical/d/desire_for_righteousness.htm">Desire for Righteousness</a> Jeremiah's wish to escape reflects a longing for purity and righteousness. Believers should cultivate a similar desire to separate from sin and pursue holiness. <a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_betrayal.htm">The Cost of Betrayal</a> The term "traitors" underscores the seriousness of turning away from God. Christians should remain steadfast in their faith, recognizing the gravity of spiritual betrayal. <a href="/topical/s/seeking_refuge_in_god.htm">Seeking Refuge in God</a> While Jeremiah desired a physical escape, believers are called to find refuge in God amidst a sinful world, trusting in His protection and guidance.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_9.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 9</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_jer_2_6_with_no_migration_proof.htm">In Jeremiah 2:6, how can we reconcile the claim of God leading Israel through the wilderness with the lack of definitive archaeological evidence supporting such a mass migration?</a> <a href="/q/jeremiah_42__aligns_with_god's_teachings.htm">Jeremiah 42 (overall): How do the warnings and outcomes in this chapter align with other biblical teachings on God's protection and judgment, and are there any inconsistencies?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_rescue_rebellious_people.htm">In Nehemiah 9:29-31, why does God repeatedly rescue a people who continually rebel, and how does this align with other biblical texts suggesting divine judgment upon persistent disobedience?</a> <a href="/q/how_did_disciples_travel_without_supplies.htm">Luke 9:3-6: How could the disciples realistically survive traveling with no staff, bag, or extra food, and is there any historical record supporting this?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/9.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) Oh, that I had . . .!--Literally, as before, Who will give . . .?A lodging place of wayfaring men.--i.e., a place of shelter, a khan or caravanserai, such as were built for travellers, such, e.g., as the "inn" of <a href="/genesis/42-27.htm" title="And as one of them opened his sack to give his ass provender in the inn, he espied his money; for, behold, it was in his sack's mouth.">Genesis 42:27</a>, the "habitation" of Chimham (<a href="/jeremiah/41-17.htm" title="And they departed, and dwelled in the habitation of Chimham, which is by Bethlehem, to go to enter into Egypt,">Jeremiah 41:17</a>), which the son of Barzillai had erected near Bethlehem, as an act of munificent gratitude to his adopted country (<a href="/2_samuel/19-40.htm" title="Then the king went on to Gilgal, and Chimham went on with him: and all the people of Judah conducted the king, and also half the people of Israel.">2Samuel 19:40</a>). In some such shelter, far from the cities of Judah, the prophet, with a feeling like that of the Psalmist (<a href="/context/psalms/55-6.htm" title="And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.">Psalm 55:6-8</a>) would fain find refuge from his treacherous enemies--"adulterers," alike spiritually and literally (<a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm" title="They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.">Jeremiah 5:8</a>). . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/9.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 2-22. - Complaint of the treachery and folly of the people; lamentation over their consequences. Verse 2. - A lodging place of wayfaring men; a "khan" or "caravanserai," to use the terms now so familiar from Eastern travel, where "wayfaring men" could at least find shelter, and the means of preparing their provisions. Comp., besides the parallel passage in <a href="/psalms/55-6.htm">Psalm 55:6, 7</a>, our own Cowper's fine reminiscence of Jeremiah: "Oh for a lodge in some vast wilderness!" etc. Adulterers... treacherous men (see <a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/3-8.htm">Jeremiah 3:8, 9</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/3-20.htm">Jeremiah 3:20</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/5-11.htm">Jeremiah 5:11</a>). <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>If only מִֽי־ (mî-) Interrogative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4310.htm">Strong's 4310: </a> Who?, whoever, in oblique construction with prefix, suffix I had a traveler’s אֹֽרְחִ֔ים (’ō·rə·ḥîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_732.htm">Strong's 732: </a> To wander, journey, go lodge מְלוֹן֙ (mə·lō·wn) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4411.htm">Strong's 4411: </a> A lodgment, caravanserai, encampment in the wilderness, בַמִּדְבָּ֗ר (ḇam·miḏ·bār) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4057.htm">Strong's 4057: </a> A pasture, a desert, speech I would abandon וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ (wə·’e·‘ez·ḇāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> To loosen, relinquish, permit my people עַמִּ֔י (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5971.htm">Strong's 5971: </a> A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock and depart וְאֵלְכָ֖ה (wə·’ê·lə·ḵāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk from them, מֵֽאִתָּ֑ם (mê·’it·tām) Preposition-m | Direct object marker | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case for כִּ֤י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction they are all כֻלָּם֙ (ḵul·lām) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every adulterers, מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים (mə·nā·’ă·p̄îm) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5003.htm">Strong's 5003: </a> To commit adultery, to apostatize a crowd עֲצֶ֖רֶת (‘ă·ṣe·reṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6116.htm">Strong's 6116: </a> An assembly, on a, festival, holiday of faithless people. בֹּגְדִֽים׃ (bō·ḡə·ḏîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_898.htm">Strong's 898: </a> To cover, to act covertly, to pillage <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/9-2.htm">Jeremiah 9:2 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 9:2 Oh that I had in the wilderness (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/9-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/9-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 9:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9:3" /></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><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>