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Jeremiah 9:6

Truth and honesty

4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.

5 And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

7 Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, Behold, I will melt them, and try them; for how shall I do for the daughter of my people?

8 Their tongue is as an arrow shot out; it speaketh deceit: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth, but in heart he layeth his wait.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.
KJV
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
WEB
Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says the LORD.
ASV
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
DARBY
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
BLB
You dwell in the midst of deceit, [for] in deceit they refuse to know Me!” A declaration of YHWH.
ÅB
Du bor midt i svik; i sin svik vil de ikke kjenne meg, sier Herren.
OTB
Du bor midt i svik; i deres svik nekter de å kjenne meg," sier Herren.
B1930
Du bor midt i svik; i sin svik vil de ikke kjenne mig, sier Herren.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 13:10

    This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

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  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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  • Romans 1:28

    And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;

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  • Jeremiah 20:10

    For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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  • Proverbs 1:24

    Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;

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  • Jeremiah 11:19

    But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.

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  • Jeremiah 8:5

    Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.

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  • Jeremiah 5:27

    As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

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