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Jeremiah 9

A Lament over Zion

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 1 aOh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the  bdaughter of my people!

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 1 aOh that I had in the desert A wayfarers' lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are  badulterers, An assembly of  ctreacherous men.

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"They  abend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they  bproceed from evil to evil, And they  cdo not know Me," declares the LORD.

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"Let everyone  abe on guard against his neighbor, And  bdo not trust any brother; Because every  cbrother deals  1craftily, And every neighbor  dgoes about as a slanderer.

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"Everyone  adeceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They  bweary themselves committing iniquity.

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"Your  adwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they  brefuse to know Me," declares the LORD.

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Therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, "Behold, I will refine them and  aassay them; For  bwhat else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?

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"Their  atongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one  bspeaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he  csets an ambush for him.

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aShall I not punish them for these things?" declares the LORD. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?

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"For the  amountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the  bwilderness a dirge, Because they are  claid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not heard; Both the  dbirds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone.

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"I will make Jerusalem a  aheap of ruins, A haunt of  bjackals; And I will make the cities of Judah a  cdesolation, without inhabitant."

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Who is the  awise man that may understand this? And who is he to whom  bthe mouth of the LORD has spoken, that he may declare it?  cWhy is the land ruined, laid waste like a desert, so that no one passes through?

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The LORD said, "Because they have  aforsaken My law which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice nor walked according to it,

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but have  awalked after the stubbornness of their heart and after the  bBaals, as their  cfathers taught them,"

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therefore thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "behold,  aI will feed them, this people, with wormwood and give them  bpoisoned water to drink.

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"I will  ascatter them among the nations, whom neither they nor their fathers have known; and I will send the  bsword after them until I have annihilated them."

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Thus says the LORD of hosts, "Consider and call for the  amourning women, that they may come; And send for the  1 bwailing women, that they may come!

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"Let them make haste and take up a wailing for us, That our  aeyes may shed tears And our eyelids flow with water.

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"For a voice of  awailing is heard from Zion, ` bHow are we ruined! We are put to great shame, For we have  cleft the land, Because they have cast down our dwellings.' "

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Now hear the word of the LORD, O you  awomen, And let your ear receive the word of His mouth; Teach your daughters wailing, And everyone her neighbor a dirge.

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For  adeath has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To cut off the  bchildren from the streets, The young men from the town squares.

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Speak, "Thus says the LORD, `The corpses of men will fall  alike dung on the open field, And like the sheaf after the reaper, But no one will gather them."'

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Thus says the LORD, " aLet not a wise man boast of his wisdom, and let not the  bmighty man boast of his might, let not a  crich man boast of his riches;

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but let him who boasts  aboast of this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD who  bexercises lovingkindness, justice and righteousness on earth; for I  cdelight in these things," declares the LORD.

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"Behold, the days are coming," declares the LORD, "that I will punish all who are circumcised and yet  auncircumcised--

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Egypt and Judah, and Edom and the sons of Ammon, and Moab and  aall those inhabiting the desert who clip the hair on their temples; for all the nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are  buncircumcised of heart."



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