Jeremiah 9:1-26 Everyone Will Deceive His Neighbor & Not Speak the Truth

Everyone Will Deceive His Neighbor & Not Speak the Truth

Jeremiah 9:1-26                               The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks]

Oh, that My head were [full of] waters, & [My] eyes a fountain of tears, [so] that I might weep day & night for [those killed] of the daughter of My people! Oh, that I had a lodging place [for wandering] men in the wilderness; [so] that I might leave My people, & go [away] from them! For they [are] all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

[Jeremiah 7:30-31 For the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Judah have done [what is:] evil in My sight, [says] the Lord. They have [put] their abominations in the house, [that] is called by My Name, to [defile] it. And they have built the high places of Tophet, [that] is in the Valley of the Son of Hinnom, to burn their: sons & daughters in the fire, [that] I [didn't command] them, & neither [did] it [come] into My heart.]

And they bend their tongues [like] their [archer's] bow, for lies: but they are not valiant for the Truth upon the earth. For they proceed from [one] evil, & [go on] to [another] evil [deed,] & they [don't] know Me, [says] the Lord.

[Isaiah 59:1-4 [Look,] the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it can't save; & neither [is] His ear heavy, that it can't hear. But your [sins] have [come] between you, & your God. And your sins have [hidden] His face from you, [so] that He won't hear. For your hands are defiled with [bloodshed,] & your fingers with [sinfulness,] your lips have spoken lies, & your tongue [has] muttered [what is:] [wicked.] None [calls] for justice, nor [do] any [plead] for Truth. They trust in vanity, & speak lies. They conceive [plots,] & [deliver] [what is:] iniquity, [a.k.a. sinful.]

Everyone [of] you, [pay careful attention to] his [neighbor,] & [don't] trust in any brother. For every brother will [totally undermine,] [you,] & every [neighbor] will walk, [a.k.a. follow,] with [those who] [slander.] And everyone [of them] will deceive his [neighbor,] & won't speak the Truth. [Jeremiah 4:2 And you [shall] swear, the Lord [Lives] in: Truth, Judgment, [a.k.a. Justice,] & in Righteousness. And the nations shall bless themselves in Him, & they shall [boast] in Him.]

They have taught their tongue to speak lies, & [tire] themselves [by committing] [what is:] [sinful.] [Habakkuk 2:18-19 What [benefit] [does] the maker [of] the [carved] image [have, who carved] it, & [what benefit is] the [molded] image, & a teacher of lies, that [its] maker of his work [trusts in them,] to make [mute] idols?]

Your [residence] is in the midst of deceit, & through deceit, they refuse to know Me, [says] the Lord. [Jeremiah 17:9-10 Above all things, the heart is deceitful, & desperately wicked. Who can know it? I, the Lord, search the heart, & I try, [a.k.a. test,] the [heart strings,] to even give every man according to his ways, & according to the fruit [from] his [actions.]

Therefore, the Lord of Hosts [says this, Look,] I will melt them, & [test] them. [Psalm 68:2-3 [Also] drive them away, [like] smoke is driven away, & [like] wax [melts in front of] the fire, so let the wicked perish at the presence of God. But let the righteous be glad; & let them rejoice before God. [Yes,] let them rejoice exceedingly.]

For [what] shall I do for the daughter of My people? Their tongue is [like] an arrow shot out. It [speaks] [what is] deceit. [Someone speaks peacefully] to his [neighbor] with his mouth, but in [his] heart, he [lays] [in] wait, [a.k.a. to ambush, him.] [Psalm 12:2-3 They speak [what is:] vanity, everyone with his [neighbor:] with flattering lips, & they speak with a [2 faced] heart, [a.k.a. saying one thing, & doing another.] The Lord shall cut off all flattering lips, & the tongue that speaks proud, [a.k.a. arrogant,] things.]

The Lord [says, Shouldn't] I visit, [a.k.a. punish,] them for these things? [Shouldn't] My soul be avenged on a nation such as this? For I will take up weeping, & wailing, [on] the mountains, & [I will] [mourn] for the [dwellings] of the wilderness, because they are burned up, so that none can [cross] through them, & neither can men hear the [sound] of the cattle, [a.k.a. livestock.] Both the [birds] of the heavens, & the [animals have] fled, & they are gone.  [Jeremiah 11:11-13 Therefore, the Lord [says this, Watch,] I will bring [calamity] upon them, [that] they shall not be able to escape. And [although] they shall cry [out] to Me, I won't [pay attention] to them. Then the cities of Judah, & the inhabitants of Jerusalem, shall go, & cry [out] to the gods, to whom they offer incense. But they shall not save them at all in their time of trouble. O Judah, for your gods were according to the number of your cities. And you have set up altars to that shameful thing, even altars to burn incense to Baal, according to the number of the streets of Jerusalem.]

And I will make Jerusalem [ruinous] heaps, & dens [for jackals.] And I will make [Jerusalem's] cities desolate, without [inhabitants.] Who is the wise man, [who] may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the Lord [has] spoken, [so] that he may declare [why] the land [perishes,] & is burned up like a wilderness, that [no one crosses] through?

[Isaiah 65:7 The Lord [says,] Therefore, I will measure into their [chest,] [according] to their [previous] work, [a.k.a. deeds,] your [sins,] & the iniquities, [a.k.a. sinfulness,] of your [forefathers] together, [who] have burned incense upon the mountains, & blasphemed Me upon the hills. ]

And the Lord [says,] Because they have [abandoned] My Law, [that] I [put] before them, & haven't obeyed My voice, & neither walked, [a.k.a. followed, in them.] But [they] have [followed] after the imagination of their own heart, & after Baalim, [a.k.a. Baal, that] their [forefathers] taught them. [Revelation 9:20-21 And the rest of the men, [who] weren't killed by these plagues, [still didn't repent, for] the works [made] [by] their hands, [so] that they shouldn't worship [demons,] & idols of: gold, silver, brass, stone, & wood, [that] can neither: see, hear, nor walk. Neither [did] they [repent] of their: murders, sorceries, fornication, nor of their thefts.]

Therefore, the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel [says this; Look,] I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, & give them [the bitter] water of gall to drink. I will also scatter them among the heathen, whom neither they, nor their [forefathers] have known. [Deuteronomy 28:64 And the Lord shall scatter you among all people, from the one end of the earth, even to the other. And there, you shall serve other gods, [that] neither you, nor your [forefathers] have known, even of wood & stone.]

And I will send a sword after them, [until] I have consumed them.  [Judges 10:11-14 And the Lord said to the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Israel, [Didn't I deliver you from the: Egyptians, Amorites, the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon, & from the Philistines? Also: the Zidonians, [a.k.a. Sidonians,] Amalekites, & the Maonites, [who] [oppressed] you. And you cried [out] to Me, & I delivered you out of their hand. [Still,] you have [abandoned] Me, & served other gods. [For this reason,] I will no [longer] deliver you. Go, & cry [out] to the gods, [that] you have chosen. Let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.]

The Lord of Hosts [says this,] You consider, & call for the women [in] mourning, [so] that they may come, & send for [skillful] women, [so] that they may come. And let them [hurry,] & [start] wailing for us, [so] that our tears [from] our eyes may run down, & waters [from] our eyelids gush out. [Isaiah 22:4 Therefore, I said, Look away from Me. I will weep bitterly, & [don't labor] to comfort Me, because of the [plundering] of the daughter of My people.]

For a [sound] of wailing is heard out of Zion, How we are [plundered!]   [Jeremiah 4:19-20 My [stomach,] my [stomach!] I am very pained at my heart. My heart [makes] a noise [within] me. O my soul, I can't hold my peace, because you [have] heard, the trumpet sound the alarm of war. Destruction upon destruction, is cried [out.] For the whole land is [plundered.] Suddenly My tents are [plundered,] & My curtains in a moment.]

We are greatly [ashamed,] because we have [abandoned] the land, because [we] have [been] cast out [of] our dwellings. [Still,] hear the Word of the Lord, O you women, & let your ear receive the Word of His mouth, & teach your daughters wailing, & everyone [teach] his neighbor [grieving.] [Leviticus 18:26-28 Therefore, you shall keep My [madates,] & My judgments, & neither shall: your own nation, nor any stranger [who stays] among you, commit any of these abominations. (For the men of the land, that] were [prior] to you, have done all these abominations, & the land is defiled.) [So] that the land [doesn't spew] you out, when you defile it, [like] it [spewed] out the nations that were [prior] to you.]

For [the signs of] death [have] come up into our windows, & [has] entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from [the outside,] & the young men from the streets. [Jeremiah 14:2 Judah [mourns,] & [its] gates [become weak.] [Those who] [wear] black] [fall] to the ground. And the [out] cry of Jerusalem [has] gone up.]

The Lord [says this, Say,] Even the [corpses] of men shall fall [like feces] upon the open field, & [like] the handful [of grapes fall] after the [harvesters,] & none shall gather them. [Jeremiah 8:21-22 I Am hurt, [because of] the [harm] of the daughter of My people, & I Am [wearing] black, & astonishment [has] taken hold [of] Me. Is there no balm in Gilead? [Isn't] there [any] physician there? Why then, [hasn't] the health of the daughter of My people recovered?]

The Lord says [this, Don't] let the wise man [boast] in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man [boast] in his [strength,] & [don't] let the rich man [boast] in his riches. [Psalm 49:6-9 None of [those who] trust in their wealth, & boast themselves [about] the multitude of their riches; can by any means redeem his brother, nor give to God a ransom for him. (For the redemption of their soul is precious, [a.k.a. priceless,] & [money] [ceases] [to have value] forever.]

But let him, [who boasts, boast] in this, that he [understands,] & [knows] Me, that I Am the Lord, [Who delivers:] loving-kindness, judgment, [a.k.a. justice,] & righteousness [on] the earth. For I delight in these things, [says] the Lord.

[Watch,] the days come, [says] the Lord, that I will punish all [those who] are circumcised [along] with the uncircumcised. [Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, & take away the foreskins [covering] your heart, you men of Judah, & inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest My fury [comes out] like fire, & [burns, so] that [no one] can quench, [a.k.a. put it out,] because of the evil of your [actions.]

For all the house of Israel, & all these nations: Egypt, Judah, Edom, the children, [a.k.a. people,] of Ammon, & Moab, & all [who] are in the [furthest] corners, & [those who] dwell in the wilderness, are uncircumcised in [their] [hearts.]

[Colossians 2:8-11 Beware, lest any man [spoils] you through philosophy & [what is] vain deceit, after the [traditions] of men, & after the [world's principles,] & not after Christ. For [all] the fullness of the Godhead [dwells] bodily in Him. And you are complete in Him, [Who] is the Head of all principality & power. In Whom you are also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, [by] putting off the [sinful] body of flesh, by the circumcision of Christ.]