They bend their tongues like bows;They are valorous in the landFor treachery, not for honesty;They advance from evil to evil.And they do not heed Me—declares GOD.
Each of you, beware of your friend!Trust not even your kinsfolk!For every sibling takes advantage,aevery sibling takes advantage Or “every brother is a heel-grabber”; cf. Gen. 25.26; 27.36. Every friend deals basely.bdeals basely See note at Lev. 19.16.
Word-by-Word Analysis
איש
311
מרעהו
321
השמרו
551
ועלכלאח
165
אלתבטחו
456
כי
30
כלאח
59
עקוב
178
יעקב
182
וכלרע
326
רכיל
260
יהלך
65
Jeremiah 9:4
Gematria: 3236
ואישברעהויהתלוואמתלאידברולמדולשונםדברשקרהעוהנלאו
They cheat each other,They will not speak truth;They have trained their tongues to speak falsely;They wear themselves out working iniquity.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואיש
317
ברעהו
283
יהתלו
451
ואמת
447
לא
31
ידברו
222
למדו
80
לשונם
426
דברשקר
806
העוה
86
נלאו
87
Jeremiah 9:5
Gematria: 2887
שבתךבתוךמרמהבמרמהמאנודעתאותינאםיהוהס
You dwell in the midst of deceit.In their deceit,cThey wear themselves out … In their deceit Meaning of Heb. uncertain. they refuse to heed Me—declares GOD.
Assuredly, thus said GOD of Hosts:Lo, I shall smelt and assay them—For what else can I do because of My poor people?dFor what else can I do because of My poor people? Meaning of Heb. uncertain.
Their tongue is a sharpened arrow,They use their mouths to deceive.They speak to their fellows in friendship,But lay an ambush for them in their hearts.
Word-by-Word Analysis
חץ
98
שוחט
323
שחוט
323
לשונם
426
מרמה
285
דבר
206
בפיו
98
שלום
376
אתרעהו
682
ידבר
216
ובקרבו
316
ישים
360
ארבו
209
Jeremiah 9:8
Gematria: 2632
העלאלהלאאפקדבםנאםיהוהאםבגויאשרכזהלאתתנקםנפשיס
Shall I not punish them for such deeds?—says GOD—Shall I not bring retributionOn such a nation as this?
For the mountains I take up weeping and wailing,For the pastures in the wilderness, a dirge.They are laid waste; nobody passes through,And no sound of cattle is heard.Birds of the sky and beasts as wellHave fled and are gone.
Is anybody so wiseAs to understand this?To whom has GOD’s mouth spoken,So that it can be related:Why is the land in ruins,Laid waste like a wilderness,With none passing through?
Thus said GOD of Hosts:Listen!Summon the dirge-singers,edirge-singers The Heb. term denotes women. let them come;Send for the skilled women, let them come.
For the sound of wailingIs heard from Zion:How we are despoiled!How greatly we are shamed!Ah, we must leave our land,AbandonfAbandon Lit. “They abandoned.” our dwellings!
Hear, O women, the word of GOD,Let your ears receive the divine word,gdivine word Lit. “word of His mouth.” And teach your daughters wailing,And one another lamentation.
But only in this should one glory:In being earnestly devoted to Me.For I GOD act with kindness,Justice, and equity in the world;For in these I delight—declares GOD.
Word-by-Word Analysis
כי
30
אםבזאת
451
יתהלל
475
המתהלל
510
השכל
355
וידע
90
אותי
417
כי
30
אני
61
יהוה
26
עשה
375
חסד
72
משפט
429
וצדקה
205
בארץ
293
כיבאלה
68
חפצתי
588
נאםיהוהס
177
Jeremiah 9:24
Gematria: 1463
הנהימיםבאיםנאםיהוהופקדתיעלכלמולבערלה
Lo, days are coming—declares GOD—when I will take note of everyone circumcised in the foreskin:hcircumcised in the foreskin Force of Heb. uncertain.
of Egypt, Judah, Edom, the Ammonites, Moab, and all the desert dwellers who have the hair of their temples clipped. For all these nations are uncircumcised, but all the House of Israel are uncircumcised of heart.iuncircumcised of heart I.e., their minds are blocked to God’s commandments.