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A
Lament over Zion |
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| Jeremiah 9:1 |
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Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain
of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my
people! |
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| Jeremiah 9:2 |
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Oh 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. |
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| Jeremiah 9:3 |
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"They bend their tongue like their bow; Lies
and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they
do not know Me," declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 9:4 |
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"Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor,
And do not trust any brother; Because every brother deals craftily, And every
neighbor goes about as a slanderer. |
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| Jeremiah 9:5 |
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"Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not
speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves
committing iniquity. |
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| Jeremiah 9:6 |
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"Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through
deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 9:7 |
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Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold,
I will refine them and assay them; For what else can I do, because of the daughter
of My people? |
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| Jeremiah 9:8 |
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"Their tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit;
With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he sets an ambush
for him. |
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| Jeremiah 9:9 |
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"Shall I not punish them for these things?"
declares the LORD. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself? |
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| Jeremiah 9:10 |
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"For the mountains I will take up a weeping
and wailing, And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge, Because they are
laid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not
heard; Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone. |
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| Jeremiah 9:11 |
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"I will make Jerusalem a heap of ruins, A haunt
of jackals; And I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant." |
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| Jeremiah 9:12 |
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Who is the wise man that may understand this?
And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it?
Why is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through? |
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| Jeremiah 9:13 |
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The LORD said, "Because they have forsaken My
law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according
to it, |
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| Jeremiah 9:14 |
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but have walked after the stubbornness of their
heart and after the Baals, as their fathers taught them," |
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| Jeremiah 9:15 |
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therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God
of Israel, "behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them
poisoned water to drink. |
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| Jeremiah 9:16 |
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"I will scatter them among the nations, whom
neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the sword after them
until I have annihilated them." |
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| Jeremiah 9:17 |
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Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider and call
for the mourning women, that they may come; And send for the wailing women, that
they may come! |
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| Jeremiah 9:18 |
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"Let them make haste and take up a wailing for
us, That our eyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water. |
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| Jeremiah 9:19 |
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"For a voice of wailing is heard from Zion,
'How are we ruined! We are put to great shame, For we have left the land, Because
they have cast down our dwellings.'" |
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| Jeremiah 9:20 |
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Now hear the word of the LORD, O you women,
And let your ear receive the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters wailing,
And everyone her neighbor a dirge. |
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| Jeremiah 9:21 |
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For death has come up through our windows; It
has entered our palaces To cut off the children from the streets, The young men
from the town squares. |
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| Jeremiah 9:22 |
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Speak, "Thus says the LORD, 'The corpses of
men will fall like dung on the open field, And like the sheaf after the reaper,
But no one will gather them.'" |
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| Jeremiah 9:23 |
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Thus says the LORD, "Let not a wise man boast
of his wisdom, and let not the mighty man boast of his might, let not a rich man
boast of his riches; |
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| Jeremiah 9:24 |
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but let him who boasts boast of this, that he
understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who exercises lovingkindness, justice
and righteousness on earth; for I delight in these things," declares the LORD. |
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| Jeremiah 9:25 |
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"Behold, the days are coming," declares the
LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet uncircumcised-- |
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| Jeremiah 9:26 |
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Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon,
and Moab and all those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples;
for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised
of heart." |
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