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World English Bible

Jeremiah 9 (WEBP)

[1] Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring 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 are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
[3] “They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. They have grown strong in the land, but not for truth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they don’t know me,” says Yahweh.
[4] “Everyone beware of his neighbor, and don’t trust in any brother; for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbor will go around like a slanderer.
[5] Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. They have taught their tongue to speak lies. They weary themselves committing iniquity.
[6] Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
[7] Therefore Yahweh of Armies says, “Behold, I will melt them and test them; for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
[8] Their tongue is a deadly arrow. It speaks deceit. One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth, but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
[9] Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh. “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
[10] I will weep and wail for the mountains, and lament for the pastures of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that no one passes through; Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock. Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled. They are gone.
[11] “I will make Jerusalem heaps, a dwelling place of jackals. I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”
[12] Who is wise enough to understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why has the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that no one passes through?
[13] Yahweh says, “Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice or walked in my ways,
[14] but have walked after the stubbornness of their own heart and after the Baals, which their fathers taught them.”
[15] Therefore Yahweh of Armies, the God of Israel, says, “Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.
[16] I will scatter them also among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known. I will send the sword after them, until I have consumed them.”
[17] Yahweh of Armies says, “Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come. Send for the skillful women, that they may come.
[18] Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears and our eyelids gush out with waters.
[19] For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, ‘How we are ruined! We are greatly confounded because we have forsaken the land, because they have cast down our dwellings.’”
[20] Yet hear Yahweh’s word, you women. Let your ear receive the word of his mouth. Teach your daughters wailing. Everyone teach her neighbor a lamentation.
[21] For death has come up into our windows. It has entered into our palaces to cut off the children from outside, and the young men from the streets.
[22] Speak, “Yahweh says, “‘The dead bodies of men will fall as dung on the open field, and as the handful after the harvester. No one will gather them.’”
[23] Yahweh says, “Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his might. Don’t let the rich man glory in his riches.
[24] But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.
[25] “Behold, the days come,” says Yahweh, “that I will punish all those who are circumcised only in their flesh:
[26] Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children of Ammon, Moab, and all who have the corners of their hair cut off, who dwell in the wilderness, for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in heart.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 9 (KJVS)

[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 evil, and they know not me, saith the Lord.
[4] Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
[5] 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.
[6] Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
[7] Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?
[8] 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.
[9] Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
[10] For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.
[11] And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.
[12] Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?
[13] And the Lord saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;
[14] but have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:
[15] therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.
[16] I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.
[17] Thus saith the Lord of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:
[18] and let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.
[19] For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.
[20] Yet hear the word of the Lord, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.
[21] For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
[22] Speak, Thus saith the Lord, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.
[23] Thus saith the Lord, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
[24] but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the Lord which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the Lord.
[25] Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;
[26] Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

Jeremiah 9:1 Heb. who will give my head etc.
Jeremiah 9:4 Or, friend
Jeremiah 9:5 Or, mock
Jeremiah 9:8a Heb. in the midst of him
Jeremiah 9:8b Or, wait for him
Jeremiah 9:10 Or, pastures
Jeremiah 9:11 Heb. desolation
Jeremiah 9:14 Or, stubbornness
Jeremiah 9:25 Heb. visit upon
Jeremiah 9:26 Heb. cut off into corners, or having the corners of their hair polled

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 9 (BYZ)

[1] Τίς () δώσει () κεφαλῇ () μου () ὕδωρ () καὶ () ὀφθαλμοῖς () μου () πηγὴν () δακρύων, καὶ () κλαύσομαι () τὸν () λαόν () μου () τοῦτον () ἡμέρας () καὶ () νυκτός, () τοὺς () τετραυματισμένους () θυγατρὸς () λαοῦ () μου; ()—
[2] τίς () δῴη () μοι () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () σταθμὸν ἔσχατον () καὶ () καταλείψω () τὸν () λαόν () μου () καὶ () ἀπελεύσομαι () ἀπ’ () αὐτῶν; () Ὅτι () πάντες () μοιχῶνται, () σύνοδος ἀθετούντων. ()
[3] Καὶ () ἐνέτειναν τὴν () γλῶσσαν () αὐτῶν () ὡς () τόξον· () ψεῦδος () καὶ () οὐ () πίστις () ἐνίσχυσεν () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅτι () ἐκ () κακῶν () εἰς () κακὰ () ἐξήλθοσαν () καὶ () ἐμὲ () οὐκ () ἔγνωσαν. ()
[4] Ἕκαστος () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ () φυλάξασθε () καὶ () ἐπ’ () ἀδελφοῖς () αὐτῶν () μὴ () πεποίθατε, () ὅτι () πᾶς () ἀδελφὸς () πτέρνῃ () πτερνιεῖ, καὶ () πᾶς () φίλος () δολίως πορεύσεται. ()
[5] Ἕκαστος () κατὰ () τοῦ () φίλου () αὐτοῦ () καταπαίξεται, ἀλήθειαν () οὐ () μὴ () λαλήσωσιν· () μεμάθηκεν () ἡ () γλῶσσα () αὐτῶν () λαλεῖν () ψευδῆ, () ἠδίκησαν () καὶ () οὐ () διέλιπον () τοῦ () ἐπιστρέψαι. ()
[6] Τόκος () ἐπὶ () τόκῳ, () δόλος () ἐπὶ () δόλῳ· () οὐκ () ἤθελον () εἰδέναι () με. ()
[7] Διὰ () τοῦτο () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () πυρώσω () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () δοκιμῶ () αὐτούς, () ὅτι () ποιήσω () ἀπὸ () προσώπου () πονηρίας () θυγατρὸς () λαοῦ () μου. ()
[8] Βολὶς () τιτρώσκουσα ἡ () γλῶσσα () αὐτῶν, () δόλια () τὰ () ῥήματα () τοῦ () στόματος () αὐτῶν· () τῷ () πλησίον () αὐτοῦ () λαλεῖ () εἰρηνικὰ () καὶ () ἐν () ἑαυτῷ () ἔχει () τὴν () ἔχθραν. ()
[9] Μὴ () ἐπὶ () τούτοις () οὐκ () ἐπισκέψομαι, () λέγει () κύριος, () ἢ () ἐν () λαῷ () τῷ () τοιούτῳ () οὐκ () ἐκδικήσει () ἡ () ψυχή () μου; ()
[10] Ἐπὶ () τὰ () ὄρη () λάβετε () κοπετὸν () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὰς () τρίβους () τῆς () ἐρήμου () θρῆνον, () ὅτι () ἐξέλιπον () παρὰ () τὸ () μὴ () εἶναι () ἀνθρώπους· () οὐκ () ἤκουσαν () φωνὴν () ὑπάρξεως· () ἀπὸ () πετεινῶν τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ () καὶ () ἕως () κτηνῶν () ἐξέστησαν, () ᾤχοντο.
[11] Καὶ () δώσω () τὴν () Ιερουσαλημ () εἰς () μετοικίαν καὶ () εἰς () κατοικητήριον () δρακόντων () καὶ () τὰς () πόλεις () Ιουδα εἰς () ἀφανισμὸν () θήσομαι () παρὰ () τὸ () μὴ () κατοικεῖσθαι. ()
[12] Τίς () ὁ () ἄνθρωπος () ὁ () συνετός, () καὶ () συνέτω () τοῦτο, () καὶ () ᾧ () λόγος () στόματος () κυρίου () πρὸς () αὐτόν, () ἀναγγειλάτω () ὑμῖν· () ἕνεκεν () τίνος () ἀπώλετο () ἡ () γῆ, () ἀνήφθη () ὡς () ἔρημος () παρὰ () τὸ () μὴ () διοδεύεσθαι () αὐτήν; ()
[13] Καὶ () εἶπεν () κύριος () πρός () με () Διὰ () τὸ () ἐγκαταλιπεῖν () αὐτοὺς () τὸν () νόμον () μου, () ὃν () ἔδωκα () πρὸ () προσώπου () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἤκουσαν () τῆς () φωνῆς () μου, ()
[14] ἀλλ’ () ἐπορεύθησαν () ὀπίσω () τῶν () ἀρεστῶν () τῆς () καρδίας () αὐτῶν () τῆς () κακῆς () καὶ () ὀπίσω () τῶν () εἰδώλων, () ἃ () ἐδίδαξαν () αὐτοὺς () οἱ () πατέρες () αὐτῶν, ()
[15] διὰ () τοῦτο () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () ὁ () θεὸς () Ισραηλ () Ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ψωμιῶ () αὐτοὺς () ἀνάγκας () καὶ () ποτιῶ () αὐτοὺς () ὕδωρ () χολῆς ()
[16] καὶ () διασκορπιῶ () αὐτοὺς () ἐν () τοῖς () ἔθνεσιν, () εἰς () οὓς () οὐκ () ἐγίνωσκον () αὐτοὶ () καὶ () οἱ () πατέρες () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () ἐπαποστελῶ ἐπ’ () αὐτοὺς () τὴν () μάχαιραν () ἕως () τοῦ () ἐξαναλῶσαι αὐτοὺς () ἐν () αὐτῇ. ()
[17] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Καλέσατε () τὰς () θρηνούσας () καὶ () ἐλθέτωσαν, () καὶ () πρὸς () τὰς () σοφὰς () ἀποστείλατε () καὶ () φθεγξάσθωσαν ()
[18] καὶ () λαβέτωσαν () ἐφ’ () ὑμᾶς () θρῆνον, () καὶ () καταγαγέτωσαν () οἱ () ὀφθαλμοὶ () ὑμῶν () δάκρυα, καὶ () τὰ () βλέφαρα ὑμῶν () ῥείτω () ὕδωρ. ()
[19] Ὅτι () φωνὴ () οἴκτου ἠκούσθη () ἐν () Σιων () Πῶς () ἐταλαιπωρήσαμεν () κατῃσχύνθημεν () σφόδρα, () ὅτι () ἐγκατελίπομεν () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () ἀπερρίψαμεν () τὰ () σκηνώματα () ἡμῶν. ()
[20] Ἀκούσατε () δή, () γυναῖκες, () λόγον () θεοῦ, () καὶ () δεξάσθω () τὰ () ὦτα () ὑμῶν () λόγους () στόματος () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () διδάξατε () τὰς () θυγατέρας () ὑμῶν () οἶκτον καὶ () γυνὴ () τὴν () πλησίον () αὐτῆς () θρῆνον. ()
[21] Ὅτι () ἀνέβη () θάνατος () διὰ () τῶν () θυρίδων () ὑμῶν, () εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () τὴν () γῆν () ὑμῶν () τοῦ () ἐκτρῖψαι νήπια () ἔξωθεν () καὶ () νεανίσκους () ἀπὸ () τῶν () πλατειῶν. ()
[22] Καὶ () ἔσονται () οἱ () νεκροὶ () τῶν () ἀνθρώπων () εἰς () παράδειγμα ἐπὶ () προσώπου () τοῦ () πεδίου τῆς () γῆς () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ὡς () χόρτος () ὀπίσω () θερίζοντος, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔσται () ὁ () συνάγων. ()
[23] Τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Μὴ () καυχάσθω () ὁ () σοφὸς () ἐν () τῇ () σοφίᾳ () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () μὴ () καυχάσθω () ὁ () ἰσχυρὸς () ἐν () τῇ () ἰσχύι () αὐτοῦ, () καὶ () μὴ () καυχάσθω () ὁ () πλούσιος () ἐν () τῷ () πλούτῳ () αὐτοῦ, ()
[24] ἀλλ’ () ἢ () ἐν () τούτῳ () καυχάσθω () ὁ () καυχώμενος, () συνίειν () καὶ () γινώσκειν () ὅτι () ἐγώ () εἰμι () κύριος () ποιῶν () ἔλεος () καὶ () κρίμα () καὶ () δικαιοσύνην () ἐπὶ () τῆς () γῆς, () ὅτι () ἐν () τούτοις () τὸ () θέλημά () μου, () λέγει () κύριος. ()
[25] Ἰδοὺ () ἡμέραι () ἔρχονται, () λέγει () κύριος, () καὶ () ἐπισκέψομαι () ἐπὶ () πάντας () περιτετμημένους () ἀκροβυστίας () αὐτῶν, ()
[26] ἐπ’ () Αἴγυπτον () καὶ () ἐπὶ () τὴν () Ιουδαίαν () καὶ () ἐπὶ () Εδωμ καὶ () ἐπὶ () υἱοὺς () Αμμων καὶ () ἐπὶ () υἱοὺς () Μωαβ καὶ () ἐπὶ () πάντα () περικειρόμενον τὰ () κατὰ () πρόσωπον () αὐτοῦ () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ· () ὅτι () πάντα () τὰ () ἔθνη () ἀπερίτμητα () σαρκί, () καὶ () πᾶς () οἶκος () Ισραηλ () ἀπερίτμητοι () καρδίας () αὐτῶν. ()

Jeremiah 9:1 Originally verse 8:23.
Jeremiah 9:2 Originally verse 9:1.
Jeremiah 9:3 Originally verse 9:2.
Jeremiah 9:4 Originally verse 9:3.
Jeremiah 9:5 Originally verse 9:4.
Jeremiah 9:6 Originally verse 9:5.
Jeremiah 9:7 Originally verse 9:6.
Jeremiah 9:8 Originally verse 9:7.
Jeremiah 9:9 Originally verse 9:8.
Jeremiah 9:10 Originally verse 9:9.
Jeremiah 9:11 Originally verse 9:10.
Jeremiah 9:12 Originally verse 9:11.
Jeremiah 9:13 Originally verse 9:12.
Jeremiah 9:14 Originally verse 9:13.
Jeremiah 9:15 Originally verse 9:14.
Jeremiah 9:16 Originally verse 9:15.
Jeremiah 9:17 Originally verse 9:16.
Jeremiah 9:18 Originally verse 9:17.
Jeremiah 9:19 Originally verse 9:18.
Jeremiah 9:20 Originally verse 9:19.
Jeremiah 9:21 Originally verse 9:20.
Jeremiah 9:22 Originally verse 9:21.
Jeremiah 9:23 Originally verse 9:22.
Jeremiah 9:24 Originally verse 9:23.
Jeremiah 9:25 Originally verse 9:24.
Jeremiah 9:26 Originally verse 9:25.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.