Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are sharpened arrows; they speak unfaithful things. 1 With their mouths they proclaim peace with their neighbors, but with their hearts they lie in wait for them. 1

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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

7Yahweh of hosts says this, “See, I am about to refine them and test them, 1 for what else can I do, because of what my people have done? 1

9Should I not punish them because of these things—this is Yahweh's declaration— 1 and should I not avenge myself on a nation that is like this? 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:9So Joab said to Amasa, “Is it well with you, my cousin?” Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.

Psalms 12:3Yahweh, cut off all flattering lips, 1 every tongue declaring great things. 1

Psalms 55:21His mouth was smooth as butter, 1 but his heart was hostile; 1 his words were softer than oil, 1 yet they were actually drawn swords. 1

Psalms 62:5I wait in silence for God alone; 1 for my hope is set on him. 1

Psalms 64:8They will be made to stumble, since their own tongues are against them; 1 all who see them will wag their heads. 1

Proverbs 26:24One who hates others disguises his feelings with his lips 1 and he lays up deceit within himself. 1

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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