Verse 23
Jeremiah 9:23
New King James Version
23
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty
man glory in his might, let not the rich
man glory in his riches:
Original Language Text
hebrew
כִּ֣י אִם בְּ/זֹ֞את יִתְהַלֵּ֣ל הַ/מִּתְהַלֵּ֗ל הַשְׂכֵּל֮ וְ/יָדֹ֣עַ אוֹתִ/י֒ כִּ֚י אֲנִ֣י יְהוָ֔ה עֹ֥שֶׂה חֶ֛סֶד מִשְׁפָּ֥ט וּ/צְדָקָ֖ה בָּ/אָ֑רֶץ כִּֽי בְ/אֵ֥לֶּה חָפַ֖צְתִּי נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
English Translation
For if in this the one who boasts should boast, let him understand and know that I am Yahweh, executing lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness in the earth, for in these I delight, declares Yahweh.
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Chapter 9 Context
1
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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2
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 tongues
like their bow
for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the...
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4
Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utt...
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5
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their...
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6
Thine habitation
is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
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7
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do f...
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8
Their tongue
is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit:
one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour wi...
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9
Shall I not visit them for these
things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nati...
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10
For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a...
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11
And I will make Jerusalem heaps,
and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate,...
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12
Who
is the wise man, that may understand this? and
who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spok...
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13
And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed m...
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14
But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taug...
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15
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God (Elohim) of Israel; Behold, I will feed them,
even t...
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16
I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I wi...
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17
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and...
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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 spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because...
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20
Yet hear the word of the LORD, 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,
and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from...
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22
Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as...
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23
Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise
man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty
man glory in h...
24
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I
am the LORD wh...
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25
Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all
them which are circumcised with the un...
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26
Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all
that are in the utmost corn...
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