Jeremiah 9:8

A slaughtering arrow [is] their tongue, Deceit it hath spoken in its mouth, Peace with its neighbour it speaketh, And in its heart it layeth its ambush,

Young's Literal Translation

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 Jehovah of Hosts: Lo, I am refining them, and have tried them, For how do I do because of the daughter of My people?

9For these things do not I see after them? An affirmation of Jehovah, Against a nation such as this doth not My soul avenge itself?

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Cross References

2 Samuel 20:9And Joab saith to Amasa, 'Art thou [in] peace, my brother?' and the right hand of Joab layeth hold on the beard of Amasa to give a kiss to him;

Psalms 12:3Jehovah doth cut off all lips of flattery, A tongue speaking great things,

Psalms 55:21Sweeter than honey hath been his mouth, And his heart [is] war! Softer have been his words than oil, And they [are] drawn [swords].

Psalms 62:5Only — for God, be silent, O my soul, For from Him [is] my hope.

Psalms 64:8And they cause him to stumble, Against them [is] their own tongue, Every looker on them fleeth away.

Proverbs 26:24By his lips doth a hater dissemble, And in his heart he placeth deceit,

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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