Jeremiah 9:7
Therefore, thus, saith Yahweh of hosts, Behold me! melting them, so will I try them,—For how else should I do because of the wickedness of the daughter of my people?
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2 Chronicles 36:15And, though Yahweh God of their fathers sent unto them through his messengers, zealously sending them,—because he had compassion upon his people and upon his habitation,
Psalms 62:5Surely, towards God, be thou silent, my soul, For, from him, is mine expectation:
Isaiah 1:25That I may turn my hand against thee, And smelt away, as with potash, thy dross, And remove all thine alloy;
Isaiah 59:3For, your hands, are defiled with blood, And, your fingers, with iniquity,—Your lips, have spoken falsehood, and Your tongue, muttereth, perversity.
Jeremiah 6:27An assayer, have I set thee amongst my people, of gold-ore,—That thou mayest note and try their way:
Jeremiah 31:20Was Ephraim, a very precious son to me? Was he a most delightful child? For as often as I have spoken against him, I have, remembered, him again! For this cause, have my affections been deeply moved for him, I must have, compassion, upon him, Declareth Yahweh.
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 →