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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Jeremiah 9

Chapter 9

Oh that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!

O that

Heb. Who will give, etc.

4:19 13:17 14:17 Psalms 119:136 Isaiah 16:9 22:4 Lamentations 2:11,18,19 Lamentations 3:48,49 Ezekiel 21:6,7

weep

Psalms 42:3

the daughter

6:26 8:21,22

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

that I had

Psalms 55:6-8 120:5-7 Micah 7:1-7

for

5:7,8 23:10 Ezekiel 22:10,11 Hosea 4:2 7:4 James 4:4

an assembly

12:1,6 Hosea 5:7 6:7 Micah 7:2-5 Zephaniah 3:4 Malachi 2:11

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies: but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; for they proceed from evil to evil, and they know not me, saith the LORD.

they bend

5,8 Psalms 52:2-4 64:3,4 120:2-4 Isaiah 59:3-5,13-15 Micah 7:3-5 Romans 3:13

valiant

Matthew 10:31-33 Mark 8:38 Romans 1:16 Philippians 1:28 Jude 1:3 Revelation 12:11

for they

7:26 2 Timothy 3:13

they know

4:22 22:16 31:34 Judges 2:10 1 Samuel 2:12 Hosea 4:1-3 John 8:54,55 17:3 Romans 1:28 2 Corinthians 4:4-6

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.

ye heed

12:6 Psalms 12:2,3 55:11,12 Proverbs 26:24,25 Micah 7:5,6 Matthew 10:17,21,34,35 Luke 21:16

neighbour

or, friend. every brother.

Genesis 27:35,36 32:28 1 Thessalonians 4:6

walk

6:28 Leviticus 19:16 Psalms 15:3 Proverbs 6:16,19 10:18 25:18 Ezekiel 22:9 1 Peter 2:1,2

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.

they will

5,8 Isaiah 59:13-15 Micah 6:12 Ephesians 4:25

deceive

or, mock.

Job 11:3

taught

3 Job 15:5 Psalms 50:19 64:3 140:3 1 Timothy 4:2

weary

Genesis 19:11 Psalms 7:14 Proverbs 4:16 Isaiah 5:18 41:6,7 44:12-14 57:10 Ezekiel 24:12 Micah 6:3 Habakkuk 2:13

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

habitation

11:19 18:18 20:10 Psalms 120:2-6

refuse

13:10 Job 21:14,15 Proverbs 1:24,29 Hosea 4:6 John 3:19,20 Romans 1:28 1 Corinthians 15:34

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?

I will

6:29,30 Isaiah 1:25 48:10 Ezekiel 22:18-22 26:11,12 Zechariah 13:9 Malachi 3:3 1 Peter 1:7 4:12

shall

31:20 2 Chronicles 36:15 Hosea 6:4,5 11:8,9 Zechariah 1:14-16

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.

tongue

3,5 Psalms 12:2 57:4 64:3,4,8 120:3

one

2 Samuel 3:27 20:9,10 Psalms 28:3 55:21 Proverbs 26:24-26 Matthew 26:48,49

in heart

Heb. in the midst of him. his wait. or, wait for him.

Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

5:9,29 Isaiah 1:24

For the mountains will I take up a weeping and wailing, and for the habitations of the wilderness a lamentation, because they are burned up, so that none can pass through them; neither can men hear the voice of the cattle; both the fowl of the heavens and the beast are fled; they are gone.

the mountains

4:19-26 7:29 8:18 13:16,17 Lamentations 1:16 2:11

habitations

or, pastures. because.

12:4,10 14:6 23:10 Joel 1:10-12

burned up

or, desolate. so.

2:6 Isaiah 49:19 Ezekiel 14:15 29:11 33:28

both, etc

Heb. from the fowls even to, etc.

4:25 Hosea 4:3

And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant.

Jerusalem

26:18 51:37 Nehemiah 4:2 Psalms 79:1 Isaiah 25:2 Micah 1:6 3:12

a den

10:22 Isaiah 13:22 34:13 Revelation 18:2

the cities

34:22 Isaiah 44:26 Lamentations 2:2,7,8

desolate

Heb. desolation.

25:11,18 Lamentations 3:47 Micah 6:16

Who is the wise man, that may understand this? and who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it, for what the land perisheth and is burned up like a wilderness, that none passeth through?

the wise

Deuteronomy 32:29 Psalms 107:43 Hosea 14:9 Matthew 24:15 Revelation 1:3

for

5:19,20 16:10-13 22:8,9 Deuteronomy 29:22-28 1 Kings 9:8,9 Psalms 107:34 Ezekiel 14:23 22:25-31

And the LORD saith, Because they have forsaken my law which I set before them, and have not obeyed my voice, neither walked therein;

22:9 Deuteronomy 31:16,17 2 Chronicles 7:19 Ezra 9:10 Psalms 89:30 119:53 Proverbs 28:4 Zephaniah 3:1-6

But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:

walked

3:17 7:24 Genesis 6:5 Romans 1:21-24 Ephesians 2:3 4:17-19

imagination

or, stubbornness. which.

44:17 Zechariah 1:4,5 Galatians 1:14 1 Peter 1:18

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will feed them, even this people, with wormwood, and give them water of gall to drink.

I will

8:14 23:15 25:15 Psalms 60:3 69:21 75:8 80:5 Isaiah 2:17,22 Lamentations 3:15,19 Revelation 8:11

I will scatter them also among the heathen, whom neither they nor their fathers have known: and I will send a sword after them, till I have consumed them.

scatter

13:24 Leviticus 26:33 Deuteronomy 4:27 28:25,36,64 32:26 Nehemiah 1:8 Psalms 106:27 Ezekiel 11:17 12:15 20:23 Zechariah 7:14 James 1:1

and I

15:2-4 24:10 25:27 29:17 44:27 49:36,37 Ezekiel 5:2,12 14:17

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for cunning women, that they may come:

call

2 Chronicles 35:25 Job 3:8 Ecclesiastes 12:5 Amos 5:16,17 Matthew 9:23 Mark 5:38

the mourning women

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

And let them make haste, and take up a wailing for us, that our eyes may run down with tears, and our eyelids gush out with waters.

take

10,20

our eyes

1 6:26 13:17 14:17 Isaiah 22:4 Lamentations 1:2 2:11,18 Luke 19:41

For a voice of wailing is heard out of Zion, How are we spoiled! we are greatly confounded, because we have forsaken the land, because our dwellings have cast us out.

a voice

4:31 Ezekiel 7:16-18 Micah 1:8,9

we are

2:14 4:13,20,30 Deuteronomy 28:29 Lamentations 5:2 Micah 2:4

our

Leviticus 18:25,28 20:22 Lamentations 4:15 Micah 2:10

Yet hear the word of the LORD, O ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and every one her neighbour lamentation.

hear

Isaiah 3:16-4 32:9-13 Luke 23:27-30

receive

Job 22:22

and teach

17,18

For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.

6:11 15:7 2 Chronicles 36:17 Ezekiel 9:5,6 21:14,15 Amos 6:10,11

Speak, Thus saith the LORD, Even the carcases of men shall fall as dung upon the open field, and as the handful after the harvestman, and none shall gather them.

fall

7:33 8:2 16:4 25:33 2 Kings 9:37 Psalms 83:10 Isaiah 5:25 Zephaniah 1:17

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:

wise

Job 5:12-14 Psalms 49:10-13,16-18 Ecclesiastes 2:13-16,19 9:11 Isaiah 5:21 Isaiah 10:12,13 Ezekiel 28:2-9 Romans 1:22 1 Corinthians 1:19-21,27-29 3:18-20 James 3:14-16

neither

Deuteronomy 8:17 1 Samuel 17:4-10,42 1 Kings 20:10,11 Psalms 33:16,17 Isaiah 10:8 Isaiah 36:8,9 Ezekiel 29:9 Daniel 3:15 4:30,31,37 5:18-23 Amos 2:14-16 Acts 12:22,23

rich

Job 31:24,25 Psalms 49:6-9 52:6,7 62:10 Proverbs 11:4 Ezekiel 7:19 Zephaniah 1:18 Mark 10:24 Luke 12:19,20 1 Timothy 6:10

But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

let him

4:2 Psalms 44:8 Isaiah 41:16 45:25 Romans 5:11 *Gr:; 1 Corinthians 1:31 2 Corinthians 10:17 Galatians 6:14 Philippians 3:3

knoweth

31:33,34 Psalms 91:14 Matthew 11:27 Luke 10:22 John 17:3 2 Corinthians 4:6 1 John 5:20

loving-kindness

Exodus 34:5-7 Psalms 36:5-7 51:1 145:7,8 146:7-9 Romans 3:25,26

for

1 Samuel 15:22 Psalms 99:4 Isaiah 61:8 Micah 6:8 7:18

Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;

that

Ezekiel 28:10 32:19-32 Amos 3:2 Romans 2:8,9,25,26 Galatians 5:2-6

punish

Heb. visit upon.

Egypt, and Judah, and Edom, and the children of Ammon, and Moab, and all that are in the utmost corners, that dwell in the wilderness: for all these nations are uncircumcised, and all the house of Israel are uncircumcised in the heart.

Egypt

25:9-26 27:3-7 46:1-52 Isaiah 13:1-24 Ezekiel 24:1-32 Amos 1:1-2 Zephaniah 1:1-2

Judah

Isaiah 19:24,25

in the utmost corners

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 Notes on Le 21:5.)

25:23 49:32

uncircumcised in

4:4 Leviticus 26:41 Deuteronomy 30:6 Ezekiel 44:7,9 Acts 7:51 Romans 2:28,29