strkjv@Jeremiah:9:1
@ Oh
that
my
head
were
waters
, and mine
eyes
a
fountain
of
tears
, that I might
weep
day
and
night
for the
slain
of the
daughter
of my
people
!
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:2
@ Oh
that
I had in the
wilderness
a lodging
place
of wayfaring
men
; that I might
leave
my
people
, and
go
from them! for they be all
adulterers
, an
assembly
of treacherous
men
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:3
@ And they
bend
their
tongues
like their
bow
for
lies
: but they are not
valiant
for the
truth
upon the
earth
; for they
proceed
from
evil
to
evil
, and they
know
not me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:4
@ Take ye
heed
every
one
of his
neighbour
, and
trust
ye not in any
brother
: for every
brother
will
utterly
supplant
, and every
neighbour
will
walk
with
slanders
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:5
@ And they will
deceive
every
one
his
neighbour
, and will not
speak
the
truth
: they have
taught
their
tongue
to
speak
lies
, and
weary
themselves to commit
iniquity
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:6
@ Thine
habitation
is in the
midst
of
deceit
; through
deceit
they
refuse
to
know
me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:7
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
, Behold, I will
melt
them, and
try
them; for how shall I
do
for
the
daughter
of my
people
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:8
@ Their
tongue
is as an
arrow
shot
out
; it
speaketh
deceit
: one
speaketh
peaceably
to his
neighbour
with his
mouth
, but in
heart
he
layeth
his
wait
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:9
@ Shall I not
visit
them for these things?
saith
the
LORD
: shall not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a
nation
as this?
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:10
@ For the
mountains
will I take
up
a
weeping
and
wailing
, and for the
habitations
of the
wilderness
a
lamentation
, because they are burned
up
, so that
none
can
pass
through them; neither can men
hear
the
voice
of the
cattle
; both the
fowl
of the
heavens
and the
beast
are
fled
; they are
gone
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:11
@ And I will
make
Jerusalem
heaps
, and a
den
of
dragons
; and I will
make
the
cities
of
Judah
desolate
, without an
inhabitant
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:12
@ Who is the
wise
man
, that may
understand
this? and who is he to whom the
mouth
of the
LORD
hath
spoken
, that he may
declare
it, for what the
land
perisheth
and is burned
up
like a
wilderness
, that none passeth
through
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:13
@ And the
LORD
saith
, Because they have
forsaken
my
law
which I
set
before
them, and have not
obeyed
my
voice
, neither
walked
therein;
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:14
@ But have
walked
after
the
imagination
of their own
heart
, and
after
Baalim
, which their
fathers
taught
them:
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:15
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
, the
God
of
Israel
; Behold, I will
feed
them, even this
people
, with
wormwood
, and give them
water
of
gall
to
drink
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:16
@ I will
scatter
them also among the
heathen
, whom neither they nor their
fathers
have
known
: and I will
send
a
sword
after
them, till I have
consumed
them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:17
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
,
Consider
ye, and
call
for the mourning
women
, that they may
come
; and
send
for
cunning
women, that they may
come
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:18
@ And let them make
haste
, and take
up
a
wailing
for us, that our
eyes
may run
down
with
tears
, and our
eyelids
gush
out
with
waters
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:19
@ For a
voice
of
wailing
is
heard
out of
Zion
, How are we
spoiled
! we are
greatly
confounded
, because we have
forsaken
the
land
, because our
dwellings
have cast us
out
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:20
@ Yet
hear
the
word
of the
LORD
, O ye
women
, and let your
ear
receive
the
word
of his
mouth
, and
teach
your
daughters
wailing
, and every
one
her
neighbour
lamentation
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:21
@ For
death
is come
up
into our
windows
, and is
entered
into our
palaces
, to cut
off
the
children
from
without
, and the young
men
from the
streets
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:22
@
Speak
, Thus
saith
the
LORD
, Even the
carcases
of
men
shall
fall
as
dung
upon the
open
field
, and as the
handful
after
the
harvestman
, and none shall
gather
them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:23
@ 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
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:24
@ But let him that
glorieth
glory
in this, that he
understandeth
and
knoweth
me, that I am the
LORD
which
exercise
lovingkindness
,
judgment
, and
righteousness
, in the
earth
: for in these things I
delight
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:25
@ Behold, the
days
come
,
saith
the
LORD
, that I will
punish
all them which are
circumcised
with the
uncircumcised
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:9:26
@
Egypt
, and
Judah
, and
Edom
, and the
children
of
Ammon
, and
Moab
, and all that are in the
utmost
corners
, that
dwell
in the
wilderness
: for all these
nations
are
uncircumcised
, and all the
house
of
Israel
are
uncircumcised
in the
heart
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:1
@
Hear
ye the
word
which the
LORD
speaketh
unto you, O
house
of
Israel
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:2
@ Thus
saith
the
LORD
,
Learn
not the
way
of the
heathen
, and be not
dismayed
at the
signs
of
heaven
; for the
heathen
are
dismayed
at
them
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:3
@ For the
customs
of the
people
are
vain
: for one
cutteth
a
tree
out of the
forest
, the
work
of the
hands
of the
workman
, with the
axe
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:4
@ They
deck
it with
silver
and with
gold
; they
fasten
it with
nails
and with
hammers
, that it
move
not.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:5
@ They are
upright
as the palm
tree
, but
speak
not: they must
needs
be
borne
, because they cannot
go
. Be not
afraid
of them; for they cannot do
evil
, neither also is it in them to do
good
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:6
@ Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O
LORD
; thou art
great
, and thy
name
is
great
in
might
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:7
@ Who would not
fear
thee, O
King
of
nations
? for to thee doth it
appertain
: forasmuch as among all the
wise
men of the
nations
, and in all their
kingdoms
, there is none like unto thee.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:8
@ But they are
altogether
brutish
and
foolish
: the
stock
is a
doctrine
of
vanities
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:9
@
Silver
spread into
plates
is
brought
from
Tarshish
, and
gold
from
Uphaz
, the
work
of the
workman
, and of the
hands
of the
founder
:
blue
and
purple
is their
clothing
: they are all the
work
of
cunning
men.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:10
@ But the
LORD
is the
true
God
, he is the
living
God
, and an
everlasting
king
: at his
wrath
the
earth
shall
tremble
, and the
nations
shall not be able to
abide
his
indignation
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:11
@
Thus
shall ye
say
unto them, The
gods
that have
not
made
the
heavens
and the
earth
, even they shall
perish
from the
earth
, and from
under
these
heavens
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:12
@ He hath
made
the
earth
by his
power
, he hath
established
the
world
by his
wisdom
, and hath stretched
out
the
heavens
by his
discretion
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:13
@ When he
uttereth
his
voice
, there is a
multitude
of
waters
in the
heavens
, and he causeth the
vapours
to
ascend
from the
ends
of the
earth
; he
maketh
lightnings
with
rain
, and bringeth
forth
the
wind
out of his
treasures
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:14
@ Every
man
is
brutish
in his
knowledge
: every
founder
is
confounded
by the graven
image
: for his molten
image
is
falsehood
, and there is no
breath
in them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:15
@ They are
vanity
, and the
work
of
errors
: in the
time
of their
visitation
they shall
perish
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:16
@ The
portion
of
Jacob
is not like them: for he is the
former
of all things; and
Israel
is the
rod
of his
inheritance
: The
LORD
of
hosts
is his
name
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:17
@ Gather
up
thy
wares
out of the
land
, O
inhabitant
of the
fortress
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:18
@ For thus
saith
the
LORD
, Behold, I will
sling
out the
inhabitants
of the
land
at this
once
, and will
distress
them, that they may
find
it so.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:19
@
Woe
is me for my
hurt
! my
wound
is
grievous
: but I
said
,
Truly
this is a
grief
, and I must
bear
it.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:20
@ My
tabernacle
is
spoiled
, and all my
cords
are
broken
: my
children
are gone
forth
of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch
forth
my
tent
any more, and to set
up
my
curtains
y@.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:21
@ For the
pastors
are become
brutish
, and have not
sought
the
LORD
: therefore they shall not
prosper
, and all their
flocks
shall be
scattered
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:22
@ Behold, the
noise
of the
bruit
is
come
, and a
great
commotion
out of the
north
country
, to
make
the
cities
of
Judah
desolate
, and a
den
of
dragons
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:23
@ O
LORD
, I
know
that the
way
of
man
is not in himself: it is not in
man
that
walketh
to
direct
his
steps
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:24
@ O
LORD
,
correct
me, but with
judgment
; not in thine
anger
, lest thou bring me to
nothing
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:10:25
@ Pour
out
thy
fury
upon the
heathen
that
know
thee not, and upon the
families
that
call
not on thy
name
: for they have eaten
up
Jacob
, and
devoured
him, and
consumed
him, and have made his
habitation
desolate
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:1
@ The
word
that came to
Jeremiah
from the
LORD
,
saying
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:2
@
Hear
ye the
words
of this
covenant
, and
speak
unto the
men
of
Judah
, and to the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:3
@ And
say
thou unto them, Thus
saith
the
LORD
God
of
Israel
;
Cursed
be the
man
that
obeyeth
not the
words
of this
covenant
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:4
@ Which I
commanded
your
fathers
in the
day
that I brought them
forth
out of the
land
of
Egypt
, from the
iron
furnace
,
saying
,
Obey
my
voice
, and
do
them, according to all which I
command
you: so shall ye be my
people
, and I will be your
God
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:5
@ That I may
perform
the
oath
which I have
sworn
unto your
fathers
, to
give
them a
land
flowing
with
milk
and
honey
, as it is this
day
. Then
answered
I, and
said
, So be
it
, O
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:6
@ Then the
LORD
said
unto me,
Proclaim
all these
words
in the
cities
of
Judah
, and in the
streets
of
Jerusalem
,
saying
,
Hear
ye the
words
of this
covenant
, and
do
them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:7
@ For I
earnestly
protested
unto your
fathers
in the
day
that I brought them
up
out of the
land
of
Egypt
, even unto this
day
, rising
early
and
protesting
,
saying
,
Obey
my
voice
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:8
@ Yet they
obeyed
not, nor
inclined
their
ear
, but
walked
every
one
in the
imagination
of their
evil
heart
: therefore I will
bring
upon them all the
words
of this
covenant
, which I
commanded
them to
do
; but they
did
them not.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:9
@ And the
LORD
said
unto me, A
conspiracy
is
found
among the
men
of
Judah
, and among the
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:10
@ They are turned
back
to the
iniquities
of their
forefathers
H1, which
refused
to
hear
my
words
; and they
went
after
other
gods
to
serve
them: the
house
of
Israel
and the
house
of
Judah
have
broken
my
covenant
which I
made
with their
fathers
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:11
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
, Behold, I will
bring
evil
upon them, which they shall not be
able
to
escape
; and though they shall
cry
unto me, I will not
hearken
unto them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:12
@ Then shall the
cities
of
Judah
and
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
go
, and
cry
unto the
gods
unto whom they offer
incense
: but they shall not
save
them at
all
in the
time
of their
trouble
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:13
@ For according to the
number
of thy
cities
were thy
gods
, O
Judah
; and according to the
number
of the
streets
of
Jerusalem
have ye set
up
altars
to that shameful
thing
, even
altars
to burn
incense
unto
Baal
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:14
@ Therefore
pray
not thou for this
people
, neither lift
up
a
cry
or
prayer
for them: for I will not
hear
them in the
time
that they
cry
unto me for their
trouble
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:15
@ What hath my
beloved
to do in mine
house
, seeing she hath
wrought
lewdness
with
many
, and the
holy
flesh
is
passed
from thee? when thou doest
evil
, then thou
rejoicest
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:16
@ The
LORD
called
thy
name
, A
green
olive
tree
,
fair
, and of
goodly
fruit
: with the
noise
of a
great
tumult
he hath
kindled
fire
upon it, and the
branches
of it are
broken
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:17
@ For the
LORD
of
hosts
, that
planted
thee, hath
pronounced
evil
against thee,
for
the
evil
of the
house
of
Israel
and of the
house
of
Judah
, which they have
done
against themselves to provoke me to
anger
in offering
incense
unto
Baal
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:18
@ And the
LORD
hath given me
knowledge
of it, and I
know
it: then thou
shewedst
me their
doings
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:19
@ But I was like a
lamb
or an
ox
that is
brought
to the
slaughter
; and I
knew
not that they had
devised
devices
against me, saying, Let us
destroy
the
tree
with the
fruit
thereof, and let us cut him
off
from the
land
of the
living
, that his
name
may be no more
remembered
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:20
@ But, O
LORD
of
hosts
, that
judgest
righteously
, that
triest
the
reins
and the
heart
, let me
see
thy
vengeance
on them: for unto thee have I
revealed
my
cause
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:21
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
of the
men
of
Anathoth
, that
seek
thy
life
,
saying
,
Prophesy
not in the
name
of the
LORD
, that thou
die
not by our
hand
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:22
@ Therefore thus
saith
the
LORD
of
hosts
, Behold, I will
punish
them: the young
men
shall
die
by the
sword
; their
sons
and their
daughters
shall
die
by
famine
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:11:23
@ And there shall be no
remnant
of them: for I will
bring
evil
upon the
men
of
Anathoth
, even the
year
of their
visitation
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:12:1
@
Righteous
art thou, O
LORD
, when I
plead
with thee: yet let me
talk
with thee of thy
judgments
: Wherefore doth the
way
of the
wicked
prosper
? wherefore are all they
happy
that deal
very
treacherously
?
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