Jeremiah 9:5

שִׁבְתְּךָ בְּתוֹךְ מִרְמָה בְּמִרְמָה מֵאֲנוּ דַֽעַת ־ אוֹתִי נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃ ס

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

In Context

4וְאִישׁ בְּרֵעֵהוּ יְהָתֵלּוּ וֶאֱמֶת לֹא יְדַבֵּרוּ לִמְּדוּ לְשׁוֹנָם דַּבֶּר ־ שֶׁקֶר הַעֲוֵה נִלְאֽוּ ׃

6לָכֵן כֹּה אָמַר יְהוָה צְבָאוֹת הִנְנִי צוֹרְפָם וּבְחַנְתִּים כִּֽי ־ אֵיךְ אֶעֱשֶׂה מִפְּנֵי בַּת ־ עַמִּֽי ׃

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Cross References

Judges 2:10וְגַם כָּל ־ הַדּוֹר הַהוּא נֶאֶסְפוּ אֶל ־ אֲבוֹתָיו וַיָּקָם דּוֹר אַחֵר אַחֲרֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר לֹא ־ יָֽדְעוּ אֶת ־ יְהוָה וְגַם אֶת ־ הַֽמַּעֲשֶׂה אֲשֶׁר עָשָׂה לְיִשְׂרָאֵֽל ׃ ס

Job 15:5כִּי יְאַלֵּף עֲוֺנְךָ פִיךָ וְתִבְחַר לְשׁוֹן עֲרוּמִֽים ׃

Psalms 50:19פִּיךָ שָׁלַחְתָּ בְרָעָה וּלְשׁוֹנְךָ תַּצְמִיד מִרְמָֽה ׃

Psalms 140:3אֲשֶׁר חָשְׁבוּ רָעוֹת בְּלֵב כָּל ־ יוֹם יָגוּרוּ מִלְחָמֽוֹת ׃

Proverbs 12:5מַחְשְׁבוֹת צַדִּיקִים מִשְׁפָּט תַּחְבֻּלוֹת רְשָׁעִים מִרְמָֽה ׃

Isaiah 41:6אִישׁ אֶת ־ רֵעֵהוּ יַעְזֹרוּ וּלְאָחִיו יֹאמַר חֲזָֽק ׃

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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