Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue [is] a slaughtering arrow, || It has spoken deceit in its mouth, || It speaks peace with its neighbor, || And in its heart it lays its ambush,

Literal Standard Version

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 said YHWH of Hosts: “Behold, I am refining them, and have tried them, || For how do I deal with the daughter of My people?

9Do I not see after them for these things?” A declaration of YHWH, “Does My soul not avenge itself against a nation such as this?”

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:9And Joab says to Amasa, “Are you [in] peace, my brother?” And the right hand of Joab lays hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;

Psalms 12:3YHWH cuts off all lips of flattery, || A tongue speaking great things,

Psalms 55:21His mouth has been sweeter than honey, || And his heart [is] war! His words have been softer than oil, || And they [are] drawn [swords].

Psalms 62:5For God alone, be silent, O my soul, || For my hope [is] from Him.

Psalms 64:8And they cause him to stumble, || Their own tongue [is] against them, || Every looker on them flees away.

Proverbs 26:24A hater pretends by his lips, || And he places deceit in his heart,

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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