Verse 24
Jeremiah 9:24
Free Bible Version
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Anyone who wants to boast should boast that they really know and understand me, recognizing that I am the Lord who acts with trustworthy love, who shows fairness, and who does what is right everywhere on earth, because these mean the most to me, declares the Lord.
Original Language Text
hebrew
הִנֵּ֛ה יָמִ֥ים בָּאִ֖ים נְאֻם יְהוָ֑ה וּ/פָ֣קַדְתִּ֔י עַל כָּל מ֖וּל בְּ/עָרְלָֽה
English Translation
Behold, days are coming, declares the LORD, and I will punish all who are uncircumcised.
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Chapter 9 Context
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How I wish my head was a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! Then I would weep day and...
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I wish I had a temporary shelter in the desert—I would give up on my people and leave them, because...
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Their words are like arrows shot from a bow. Lies win out over the truth throughout the country. The...
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Everyone, watch out for your friends! Don't even trust your brother! Every brother is deceitful, and...
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5
Everyone betrays their friends; no one tells the truth. They've made themselves into expert liars; t...
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6
Everyone exploits each other, and in all their lies they don't want to know me, declares the Lord.
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7
So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Look, I'm going to test them and purify them like metal in a...
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8
Their words are arrows that kill; they always tell lies. They're nice to their friends on the outsid...
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9
Shouldn't I punish them for all this? declares the Lord. Shouldn't I retaliate for what this nation...
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10
I will weep and wail for the mountains, I will sing a funeral song over the pastures in the countrys...
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11
I'm going to make Jerusalem into a heap of rubble, a place where jackals live. I will destroy the to...
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12
Who is wise enough to understand this? Has the Lord told anyone so they can explain what's happened?...
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13
The Lord replied, It's because they have given up keeping my laws that I placed before them. They ha...
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14
On the contrary, they have followed their own stubborn way of thinking, and went to worship the Baal...
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15
So this is what the Lord Almighty, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: Watch out! I will give these pe...
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16
I'm about to scatter them among nations unfamiliar to them and their forefathers, and I will send en...
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17
This is what the Lord Almighty says: Be aware of what's happening! Call for the professional women m...
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18
Have them come as quickly as possible, and sing a funeral song about us, so we can cry our eyes out,...
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19
The sound of weeping comes from Zion, “We're completely devastated! We're totally ashamed, because w...
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20
Women, listen to the Lord's message, hear what he has to say. Teach your daughters to mourn and sing...
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21
Death has slipped in through our windows; it has come into our fortresses. It has killed the childre...
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22
Tell everyone this is what the Lord says: Dead bodies will be left where they fall like manure in th...
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This is what the Lord says: The wise shouldn't boast about their wisdom. The strong shouldn't boast...
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24
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26
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