rwbs - Jeremiah:9-11

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:1 @ O that my head were waters, and my eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people! (note:)Oh…: Hebrews. Who will give my head, etc(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:2 @ O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:3 @ And they bend their tongues their bow 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.

rwbs@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. (note:)neighbour: or, friend(:note)

rwbs@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, weary themselves to commit iniquity. (note:)deceive: or, mock(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:6 @ Thy habitation in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

rwbs@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?

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:8 @ Their tongue an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he lieth in wait. (note:)in heart: Hebrews. in the midst of him(:note)his wait: or, wait for him

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:9 @ Shall I not punish them for these? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

rwbs@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; neither can hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast have fled; they are gone. (note:)habitations: or, pastures(:note)burned up: or, desolateboth…: Hebrews. from the fowl even to, etc

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:11 @ And I will make Jerusalem heaps, a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant. (note:)desolate: Hebrews. desolation(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:12 @ Who the wise man, that may understand this? and to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

rwbs@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 in it;

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:14 @ But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them: (note:)imagination: or, stubbornness(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:15 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

rwbs@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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:17 @ Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for skilful, that they may come:

rwbs@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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:19 @ For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we laid waste! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast out.

rwbs@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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:21 @ For death hath come up into our windows, hath entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from outside, the young men from the streets.

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:22 @ Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the dead bodies of men shall fall as refuse upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather.

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:23 @ Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty glory in his might, let not the rich glory in his riches:

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:24 @ But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I the LORD who exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these I delight, saith the LORD.

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:25 @ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all circumcised with the uncircumcised; (note:)punish: Hebrews. visit upon(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:9:26 @ Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all nations uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel uncircumcised in the heart. (note:)in the utmost…: Hebrews. cut off into corners, or, having the corners of their hair polled(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:1 @ Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh to you, O house of Israel:

rwbs@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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:3 @ For the customs of the people vain: for cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe. (note:)customs…: Hebrews. statutes, or, ordinances are vanity(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:4 @ They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it may not move.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:5 @ They 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 in them to do good.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:6 @ Forasmuch as none like thee, O LORD; thou great, and thy name great in might.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:7 @ Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, none like thee. (note:)to…: or, it liketh thee(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:8 @ But they are altogether stupid and foolish: the stock a doctrine of vanities. (note:)altogether: Hebrews. in one, or, at once(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:9 @ Silver beaten into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman, and of the hands of the goldsmith: blue and purple their clothing: they all the work of skilful.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:10 @ But the LORD the true God, he 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. (note:)true…: Hebrews. God of truth(:note)living God: Heb. living Godseverlasting…: Heb. king of eternity

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:11 @ Thus shall ye say to them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

rwbs@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 understanding.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:13 @ When he uttereth his voice, 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. (note:)multitude: or, noise(:note)with: or, for

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:14 @ Every man is stupid in knowledge: every goldsmith is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image falsehood, and no breath in them. (note:)brutish in his knowledge: or, more brutish than to know(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:15 @ They vanity, the work of errors: in the time of their punishment they shall perish.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:16 @ The portion of Jacob not like them: for he the former of all; and Israel the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts his name.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:17 @ Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. (note:)inhabitant: Hebrews. inhabitress(:note)

rwbs@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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:19 @ Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this a grief, and I must bear it.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:20 @ My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they not: none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:21 @ For the pastors have become stupid, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:22 @ Behold, the sound of a rumour is come, and a great commotion from the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, a den of dragons.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:23 @ O LORD, I know that the way of man not in himself: not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

rwbs@Jeremiah:10:24 @ O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (note:)bring…: Hebrews. diminish me(:note)

rwbs@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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:1 @ The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:2 @ Hear ye the words of this covenant, and speak to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem;

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:3 @ And say thou to them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel; Cursed the man that obeyeth not the words of this covenant,

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:4 @ Which I commanded your fathers in the day I brought them forth from 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:

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:5 @ That I may perform the oath which I have sworn to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD. (note:)So…: Hebrews. Amen(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:6 @ Then the LORD said to 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.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:7 @ For I earnestly protested to your fathers in the day I brought them out of the land of Egypt, to this day, rising early and protesting, saying, Obey my voice.

rwbs@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 to do; but they did not. (note:)imagination: or, stubbornness(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:9 @ And the LORD said to me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:10 @ They have turned back to the iniquities of their forefathers, who 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.

rwbs@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 to me, I will not hearken to them. (note:)to escape: Hebrews. to go forth of(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:12 @ Then shall the cities of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem go, and cry to the gods to which they offer incense: but they shall not save them at all in the time of their trouble. (note:)trouble: Hebrews. evil(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:13 @ For the number of thy cities were thy gods, O Judah; and the number of the streets of Jerusalem have ye set up altars to shameful thing, altars to burn incense to Baal. (note:)shameful…: Hebrews. shame(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:14 @ Therefore pray not thou for this people, neither lift up a cry or prayer for them: for I will not hear in the time when they cry to me for their trouble. (note:)trouble: Hebrews. evil(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:15 @ What hath my beloved to do in my house, she hath wrought lewdness with many, and the holy flesh is passed from thee? when thou doest evil, then thou rejoicest. (note:)What…: Hebrews. What is to my beloved in my house(:note)when…: or, when thy evil is

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:16 @ The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

rwbs@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 to Baal.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:18 @ And the LORD hath given me knowledge, and I know: then thou didst show me their doings.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:19 @ But I like a lamb an ox is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me,, Let us destroy the tree with its fruit, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered. (note:)the tree…: Hebrews. the stalk with his bread(:note)

rwbs@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 to thee have I revealed my cause.

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:21 @ Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning the men of Anathoth, that seek thy life, saying, Prophesy not in the name of the LORD, that thou die not by our hand:

rwbs@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: (note:)punish: Hebrews. visit upon(:note)

rwbs@Jeremiah:11:23 @ And there shall be no remnant of them: for I will bring evil upon the men of Anathoth, the year of their punishment.

rwbs@Jeremiah:12:1 @ Righteous thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me speak with thee of judgments: Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? are they all happy that deal very treacherously? (note:)talk…: or, reason the case with thee(:note)