Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of my people?
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In Context
6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:15And Jehovah, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:
Psalms 62:5My soul, wait thou in silence for God only; For my expectation is from him.
Isaiah 1:25and I will turn my hand upon thee, and thoroughly purge away thy dross, and will take away all thy tin;
Isaiah 59:3For your hands are defiled with blood, and your fingers with iniquity; your lips have spoken lies, your tongue muttereth wickedness.
Jeremiah 6:27I have made thee a trier and a fortress among my people; that thou mayest know and try their way.
Jeremiah 31:20Is Ephraim my dear son? is he a darling child? for as often as I speak against him, I do earnestly remember him still: therefore my heart yearneth for him; I will surely have mercy upon him, saith Jehovah.
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 →