Jeremiah 9
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 9 of 52
Chapter Summary
Jeremiah weeps for the Jews for their many sins, and for their judgment. He exhorts to mourn for their destruction, and to trust not in themselves, but in Jehovah.
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People & Context
Jeremiah wishes his head were waters to weep day and night. He longs for a wilderness lodge to escape his deceitful, adulterous people whose tongues a…
Jehovah explains the land is devastated because the people forsook His Law and followed the Baals. He promises to feed them wormwood and scatter them …
Jehovah commands the calling of wailing and wise women to take up a lament for Zion, because death has entered through the windows to cut off the chil…
Timeline
Jeremiah wishes his head were waters to weep day and night. He longs for a wilderness lodge to escape his deceitful, adulterous people whose tongues act as a slaughtering arrow.
Jeremiah 9:1-11Jehovah explains the land is devastated because the people forsook His Law and followed the Baals. He promises to feed them wormwood and scatter them among the nations.
Jeremiah 9:12-16Jehovah commands the calling of wailing and wise women to take up a lament for Zion, because death has entered through the windows to cut off the children and young men.
Jeremiah 9:17-22Read Jeremiah 9 in the KJ3 Reader
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