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Themes in Jeremiah 9

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Themes in Jeremiah 9

Jeremiah 9:1 (show verse)

If my head were a spring of water,

my eyes a fountain of tears,
I would weep day and night
over the slain of my dear people.

Church » Love for
Compassion and sympathy » Exercise towards » The chastened
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Judgments » Saints » Sympathize with those under
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners
Weeping » For others

Jeremiah 9:2 (show verse)

If only I had a traveler’s lodging place

in the wilderness,
I would abandon my people
and depart from them,
for they are all adulterers,
a solemn assembly of treacherous people.

Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted

They bent their tongues like their bows;
lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land,
for they proceed from one evil to another,
and they do not take Me into account.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

the Bow » Illustrative » Of the tongue of the wicked
Ignorance » Man's » Of God
Ignorance of God » The wicked, in a state of
Lukewarmness » Figurative
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Sin » Progressive
Truth » The wicked » Are not valiant for
Truth » The evil people » Are not valiant for
War » Figurative » Mere professors do not maintain
Warfare of saints » Mere professors do not maintain

Jeremiah 9:4 (show verse)

Everyone has to be on guard against his friend.
Don’t trust any brother,
for every brother will certainly deceive,
and every friend spread slander.

Alertness » What to be aware of
Evil » Speech evil speaking » Backbiting
Evil » Slander » General references to
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Slander » General references to
Slander » The wicked addicted to
Slander » They who indulge in, not to be trusted
Speaking, evil » Backbiting
Trust » Who not to trust in

Jeremiah 9:5 (show verse)

Each one betrays his friend;
no one tells the truth.
They have taught their tongues to speak lies;
they wear themselves out doing wrong.

Alertness » What to be aware of
Deceit » The wicked full of » The prevalence of
Deceit » The wicked » Use, to each other
Deceit » Use, to each other
Lying » The wicked » Prepare their tongues for
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Trust » Who not to trust in
Truth » Adaption of » Attitude of wicked toward
Truth » Attitude of the wicked toward
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
Truth » The evil people » Punished for want of
Truth » The wicked » Speak not
Truth » The evil people » Speak not

Jeremiah 9:6 (show verse)

You live in a world of deception.
In their deception they refuse to know Me.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Alertness » What to be aware of
Deceit » Evil of » Keeps from knowledge of God
Deceit » Evil of » Hinders knowledge of God
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Trust » Who not to trust in

Jeremiah 9:7 (show verse)

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts says:

I am about to refine them and test them,
for what else can I do
because of My dear people?

Afflictions » Promises concerning » Refining influence of
Deceit » Punishment of
Prophets » Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Refining » Figurative » Of the corrective judgments of God
spiritual Refining » The refining influence afflictions
Spiritual » Refining » The refining influence of afflictions
Trials » The refining influence of

Jeremiah 9:8 (show verse)

Their tongues are deadly arrows—
they speak deception.
With his mouth
a man speaks peaceably with his friend,
but inwardly he sets up an ambush.

Arrows » Illustrative » Of slanderous tongues
Deceit » Punishment of

Jeremiah 9:9 (show verse)

Should I not punish them for these things?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Should I not avenge Myself
on such a nation as this?

Deceit » Punishment of
Truth » The wicked » Punished for want of
Truth » The evil people » Punished for want of

Jeremiah 9:10 (show verse)

I will raise weeping and a lament
over the mountains,
a dirge over the wilderness grazing land,
for they have been so scorched
that no one passes through.
The sound of cattle is no longer heard.
From the birds of the sky to the animals,
everything has fled—they have gone away.

Birds » Often remove from places suffering calamities

Jeremiah 9:11 (show verse)

I will make Jerusalem a heap of rubble,
a jackals’ den.
I will make the cities of Judah a desolation,
an uninhabited place.

Animals » Names of » Dragons
Dragon » A serpent or the desert
the Dragon » Found in » Deserted cities
Jerusalem » Prophecies against
Jerusalem » Prophecies respecting » To be made a heap of ruins
Reptiles » Mentioned in scripture » Dragon

Jeremiah 9:12 (show verse)

Who is the man wise enough to understand this? Who has the Lord spoken to, that he may explain it? Why is the land destroyed and scorched like a wilderness, so no one can pass through?

No Themes for this verse.

Jeremiah 9:13 (show verse)

The Lord said, “It is because they abandoned My instruction that I set in front of them and did not obey My voice or walk according to it.

Disobedience to God » Bitter results of, illustrated
Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Law » Bondage of » Despised
The law of God » The wicked » Forsake
The bible » The law part of » Despised

Jeremiah 9:14 (show verse)

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

Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Home » Parental influence and example » Evil influence of parents
Influence » Good » Parents
Parents » Indulgence of children, examples of » Evil influence of parents
Parents » Curses entailed
Parents » When wicked » Instruct their children in evil

Jeremiah 9:15 (show verse)

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “I am about to feed this people wormwood and give them poisonous water to drink.

Disobedience to God » Bitter results of, illustrated
Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Wormwood » Figurative

Jeremiah 9:16 (show verse)

I will scatter them among the nations that they and their fathers have not known. I will send a sword after them until I have finished them off.”

Forsaking » The reward for forsaking the law
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Israel » Prophecies concerning » Dispersion of

Jeremiah 9:17 (show verse)

This is what the Lord of Hosts says:

Consider, and summon the women who mourn;
send for the skillful women.

Burial » Attended by » Hired mourners
The Dead » Mourning for » Hired mourners
The Dead » Mourning for, often » By hired mourners
Mourning » Customs » Hired mourners
Mourning » Hired mourners
Woman » Often engaged in » Attending funerals as mourners

Jeremiah 9:18 (show verse)

Let them come quickly to raise a lament over us
so that our eyes may overflow with tears,
our eyelids soaked with weeping.

Burial » Attended by » Hired mourners
The Dead » Mourning for, often » By hired mourners
Tears » Of solicitude over sinners

Jeremiah 9:19 (show verse)

For a sound of lamentation is heard from Zion:
How devastated we are.
We are greatly ashamed,
for we have abandoned the land;
our dwellings have been torn down.

Zion » Name of, applied to jerusalem

Jeremiah 9:20 (show verse)

Now hear the word of the Lord, you women.
Pay attention to the word of His mouth.
Teach your daughters a lament
and one another a dirge,

ears » Should » Receive the word of God
Woman » Often engaged in » Attending funerals as mourners

Jeremiah 9:21 (show verse)

for Death has climbed through our windows;
it has entered our fortresses,
cutting off children from the streets,
young men from the squares.

Palaces » Often as a punishment » Scenes of bloodshed

Jeremiah 9:22 (show verse)

Speak as follows:

This is what the Lord says:

Human corpses will fall
like manure on the surface of the field,
like newly cut grain after the reaper
with no one to gather it.

No Themes for this verse.

Jeremiah 9:23 (show verse)

This is what the Lord says:

The wise man must not boast in his wisdom;
the strong man must not boast in his strength;
the wealthy man must not boast in his wealth.

Delight » What the lord delights in
Glory » Glorying in the lord
Glory » What not to glory in
Love » The lord exercising lovingkindness
Riches » They who possess, should » Not glory in them
Strength » What the mighty should not do
The judgment of babylon » The lord being a God of judgment
Wealth » What the rich should not do
Wisdom » What the wise should not do

Jeremiah 9:24 (show verse)

But the one who boasts should boast in this,
that he understands and knows Me—
that I am Yahweh, showing faithful love,
justice, and righteousness on the earth,
for I delight in these things.
This is the Lord’s declaration.

Boasting » Boasting in God
Delight » What the lord delights in
Glory » Glorying in the lord
Glory » What not to glory in
God, Justice of » Exhibited in » His government
Knowledge » Spiritual knowledge, general references to » A cause for exultation
Love » The lord exercising lovingkindness
God, Righteousness Of » God delights in the exercise of
Spiritual » Knowledge » A cause for exultation
The judgment of babylon » The lord being a God of judgment

Jeremiah 9:25 (show verse)

“The days are coming”—the Lord’s declaration—“when I will punish all the circumcised yet uncircumcised:

Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
Egypt » Prophecies against
God » Impartiality of » In judgment
divine Impartiality » In judgment

Jeremiah 9:26 (show verse)

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

Ammonites » Prophecies concerning
Character » Of the wicked » Uncircumcised in heart
Character of the wicked » Uncircumcised in heart
Circumcision » Figurative
Edomites, the » Predictions respecting » To share in the punishment of the nations
Egypt » Prophecies against