Verse 2
Jeremiah 9:2
Geneva Bible
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Oh, that I had in the wildernes a cottage of wayfaring men, that I might leaue my people, and go from them: for they be all adulterers and an assembly of rebels,
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יַּדְרְכ֤וּ אֶת לְשׁוֹנָ/ם֙ קַשְׁתָּ֣/ם שֶׁ֔קֶר וְ/לֹ֥א לֶ/אֱמוּנָ֖ה גָּבְר֣וּ בָ/אָ֑רֶץ כִּי֩ מֵ/רָעָ֨ה אֶל רָעָ֧ה יָצָ֛אוּ וְ/אֹתִ֥/י לֹֽא יָדָ֖עוּ נְאֻם יְהוָֽה
English Translation
And they guided their tongues with falsehood, and they were not honest; they grew strong in the land, for they went from evil to evil, and they did not know me, declares the Lord.
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Chapter 9 Context
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Oh, that I had in the wildernes a cottage of wayfaring men, that I might leaue my people, and go fro...
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And euery one wil deceiue his friende, and wil not speake the trueth: for they haue taught their ton...
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Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, sayt...
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Therefore thus sayth the Lord of hostes, Behold, I wil melt them, and trie them: for what should I e...
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8
Their tongue is as an arow shot out, and speaketh deceite: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour w...
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9
Shal I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soule be auenged on such a n...
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10
Vpon the mountaines will I take vp a weeping and a lamentation, and vpon the fayre places of the wil...
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11
And I wil make Ierusalem an heape, and a den of dragons, and I will make the cities of Iudah waste,...
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12
Who is wise, to vnderstande this? and to whome the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, euen he shall decl...
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13
And the Lord sayeth, Because they haue forsaken my Lawe, which I set before them, and haue not obeye...
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14
But haue walked after the stubbernesse of their owne heart, and after Baalims, which their fathers t...
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15
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16
I wil scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers haue knowen, and I wi...
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17
Thus sayeth the Lord of hostes, Take heede, and call for the mourning women, that they may come, and...
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18
And let them make haste, and let them take vp a lamentation for vs, that our eyes may cast out teare...
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19
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For death is come vp into our windowes, and is entred into our palaces, to destroy the children with...
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22
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23
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