Verse 11
Jeremiah 9:11
American Standard Version
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And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
Original Language Text
hebrew
מִֽי הָ/אִ֤ישׁ הֶֽ/חָכָם֙ וְ/יָבֵ֣ן אֶת זֹ֔את וַ/אֲשֶׁ֨ר דִּבֶּ֧ר פִּֽי יְהוָ֛ה אֵלָ֖י/ו וְ/יַגִּדָ֑/הּ עַל מָה֙ אָבְדָ֣ה הָ/אָ֔רֶץ נִצְּתָ֥ה כַ/מִּדְבָּ֖ר מִ/בְּלִ֖י עֹבֵֽר
English Translation
Who is the wise man that understands this, and to whom has the mouth of the Lord spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished, been burned like a desert, with no passerby?
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Chapter 9 Context
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Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for...
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Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and...
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3
And they bend their tongue, [as it were] their bow, for falsehood; and they are grown strong in the...
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4
Take ye heed every one of his neighbor, and trust ye not in any brother; for every brother will utte...
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5
And they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their t...
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6
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
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7
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how [else] should...
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8
Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbor with his...
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9
Shall I not visit them for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a natio...
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10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the pastures of the wilderness a lam...
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11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling-place of jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a...
12
Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and [who is] he to whom the mouth of Jehovah hath spo...
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13
And Jehovah saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my...
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14
but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart, and after the Baalim, which their fathers...
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15
therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel, Behold, I will feed them, even th...
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16
I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I wi...
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17
Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and s...
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18
and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and ou...
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19
For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we ruined! we are greatly confounded, because w...
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20
Yet hear the word of Jehovah, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth; and teach...
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21
For death is come up into our windows, it is entered into our palaces; to cut off the children from...
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22
Speak, Thus saith Jehovah, The dead bodies of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the...
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23
Thus saith Jehovah, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in hi...
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24
but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehov...
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25
Behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that I will punish all them that are circumcised in [their] un...
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26
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that have the corners [of t...
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