Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 9

88 catchwords874 parallels

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Jeremiah 9 . 1 , Jeremiah laments the Jews for their manifold sins; Jeremiah 9 . 9 , and for their judgment; Jeremiah 9 . 12 , Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity; Jeremiah 9 . 17 , He exhorts to mourn for their destruction; Jeremiah 9 . 23 , and to trust not in themselves , but in God; Jeremiah 9 . 25 , He threatens both Jews and Gentiles.

Jeremiah 9:1

Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.

Jeremiah 9:1 · BSB

the whole verse13 parallels

O that , Heb. Who will give , etc

weep1 parallel

the daughter3 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:2

If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

Jeremiah 9:2 · BSB

that I had3 parallels

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an assembly7 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:3

“They bend their tongues like bows; lies prevail over truth in the land. For they proceed from evil to evil, and they do not take Me into account,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:3 · BSB

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valiant6 parallels

for they2 parallels

they know11 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:4

“Let everyone guard against his neighbor; do not trust any brother, for every brother deals craftily, and every friend spreads slander.

Jeremiah 9:4 · BSB

ye heed14 parallels

every brother4 parallels

walk10 parallels

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neighbour or , friend

Jeremiah 9:5

Each one betrays his friend; no one tells the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they wear themselves out committing iniquity.

Jeremiah 9:5 · BSB

they will5 parallels

deceive1 parallel

or , mock

taught6 parallels

weary11 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:6

You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:6 · BSB

habitation4 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:7

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Behold, I will refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of the daughter of My people?

Jeremiah 9:7 · BSB

I will11 parallels

shall7 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongues are deadly arrows; they speak deception. With his mouth a man speaks peace to his neighbor, but in his heart he sets a trap for him.

Jeremiah 9:8 · BSB

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one8 parallels

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in heart Heb. in the midst of him

his wait or , wait for him

Jeremiah 9:9

Should I not punish them for these things? declares the LORD. Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”

Jeremiah 9:9 · BSB

the whole verse3 parallels

Jeremiah 9:10

I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away.

Jeremiah 9:10 · BSB

the mountains7 parallels

because5 parallels

so5 parallels

both2 parallels

etc. Heb. from the fowls even to , etc

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habitations or , pastures

burned up or , desolate

Jeremiah 9:11

“And I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble, a haunt for jackals; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.”

Jeremiah 9:11 · BSB

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a den4 parallels

the cities5 parallels

desolate4 parallels

Heb. desolation

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Jeremiah 9:12

Who is the man wise enough to understand this? To whom has the mouth of the LORD spoken, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a desert, so no one can pass through it?

Jeremiah 9:12 · BSB

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Jeremiah 9:13

And the LORD answered, “It is because they have forsaken My law, which I set before them; they have not walked in it or obeyed My voice.

Jeremiah 9:13 · BSB

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Jeremiah 9:14

Instead, they have followed the stubbornness of their hearts and gone after the Baals, as their fathers taught them.”

Jeremiah 9:14 · BSB

walked6 parallels

which5 parallels

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imagination or , stubbornness

Jeremiah 9:15

Therefore this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “Behold, I will feed this people wormwood and give them poisoned water to drink.

Jeremiah 9:15 · BSB

I will12 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:16

I will scatter them among the nations that neither they nor their fathers have known, and I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

Jeremiah 9:16 · BSB

scatter14 parallels

and I10 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:17

This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Take note, and summon the wailing women; send for the most skillful among them.

Jeremiah 9:17 · BSB

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the mourning women Those whose office it was to sing mournful dirges , and make public lamentations at funerals.

Jeremiah 9:18

Let them come quickly and take up a lament over us, that our eyes may overflow with tears, and our eyelids may gush with water.

Jeremiah 9:18 · BSB

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Jeremiah 9:19

For the sound of wailing is heard from Zion: ‘How devastated we are! How great is our shame! For we have abandoned the land because our dwellings have been torn down.’”

Jeremiah 9:19 · BSB

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Jeremiah 9:20

Now, O women, hear the word of the LORD. Open your ears to the word of His mouth. Teach your daughters to wail, and one another to lament.

Jeremiah 9:20 · BSB

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receive1 parallel

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Jeremiah 9:21

For death has climbed in through our windows; it has entered our fortresses to cut off the children from the streets, the young men from the town squares.

Jeremiah 9:21 · BSB

the whole verse9 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:22

Declare that this is what the LORD says: “The corpses of men will fall like dung upon the open field, like newly cut grain behind the reaper, with no one to gather it.”

Jeremiah 9:22 · BSB

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Jeremiah 9:23

This is what the LORD says: “Let not the wise man boast in his wisdom, nor the strong man in his strength, nor the wealthy man in his riches.

Jeremiah 9:23 · BSB

wise15 parallels

neither19 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:24

But let him who boasts boast in this, that he understands and knows Me, that I am the LORD, who exercises loving devotion, justice and righteousness on the earth—for I delight in these things,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:24 · BSB

let him9 parallels

knoweth8 parallels

lovingkindness8 parallels

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Jeremiah 9:25

“Behold, the days are coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will punish all who are circumcised yet uncircumcised:

Jeremiah 9:25 · BSB

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punish Heb. visit upon

Jeremiah 9:26

Egypt, Judah, Edom, Ammon, Moab, and all the inhabitants of the desert who clip the hair of their temples. For all these nations are uncircumcised, and the whole house of Israel is uncircumcised in heart.”

Jeremiah 9:26 · BSB

Egypt12 parallels

Judah2 parallels

in the utmost corners2 parallels

Heb. cut off into corners; or , having the corners of their hair polled , Dr. Durell and others justly consider the marginal reading as far preferable; as being descriptive of the mode in which the Arabians cut their hair and beard. . See note on Leviticus 21 . 5

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge is the classical cross-reference layer — centuries of catchword parallels beneath the site’s quotations, allusions, and echoes. Every reference above also flows into the wider web of connections.

In the wider web5 threads
Intertextuality Pairs
Quotations 1 Corinthians 1:31 → Jeremiah 9:23-24, 2 Corinthians 10:17 → Jeremiah 9:24
Trajectories
Wisdom and Foolishness of the Cross
Chiasms
Shaped Jeremiah 9:1–11, Jeremiah 9:23–24
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