Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is a piercing arrow, it hath spoken deceit: with his mouth one speaketh peace with his friend, and secretly he lieth in wait for him.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

7Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will melt, and try them: for what else shall I do before the daughter of my people?

9Shall I not visit them for these things, saith the Lord? or shall not my soul be revenged on such a nation?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:9And Joab said to Amasa: God save thee, my brother. And he took Amasa by the chin with his right hand to kiss him.

Psalms 12:3They have spoken vain things every one to his neighbour: with deceitful lips, and with a double heart have they spoken.

Psalms 55:21God shall hear, and the Eternal shall humble them. For there is no change with them, and they have not feared God:

Psalms 62:5But they have thought to cast away my price; I ran in thirst: they blessed with their mouth, but cursed with their heart.

Psalms 64:8and God shall be exalted. The arrows of children are their wounds:

Proverbs 26:24An enemy is known by his lips, when in his heart he entertaineth deceit.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:2-12

The Prophet's Lamentation; Wickedness of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 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! 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. 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… Read the whole commentary →

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