Jeremiah 9:5

Yea, every one, of his neighbour, maketh a dupe, And, truth, they do not speak,—They have taught their tongue to speak falsehood, In acting perversely, they have wearied themselves.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

4Every one, of his neighbour, beware ye, And in no brother, may ye trust,—For, every brother, supplanteth! And every neighbour, as a tale-bearer, goeth about;

6Thy dwelling, is in the midst of deceit,—Through deceit, have they rejected the knowledge of, me, Declareth Yahweh.

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Cross References

Judges 2:10All that generation also, were gathered unto their fathers,—and there arose another generation, after them, who had not known Yahweh, nor even the work which he had wrought for Israel.

Job 15:5For thine own mouth would teach thine iniquity, and thou wouldst choose the tongue of the crafty.

Psalms 50:19Thy mouth, hast thou thrust into wickedness, And, thy tongue, kept weaving deceit;

Psalms 140:3They have sharpened their tongue like a serpent,—The poison of the asp, is under their lips. [Selah.]

Proverbs 12:5The plans of the righteous, are just, but, the counsels of the lawless, are deceitful.

Isaiah 41:6Every man, to his neighbour, giveth help,—And to his brother, saith Take courage!

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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