| Overview - Jeremiah 9 | |
| 1 | Jeremiah laments the Jews for their manifold sins; |
| 9 | and for their judgment. |
| 12 | Disobedience is the cause of their bitter calamity. |
| 17 | He exhorts to mourn for their destruction; |
| 23 | and to trust not in themselves, but in God. |
| 25 | He threatens both Jews and Gentiles. |
Jeremiah 9:8 (King James Version)
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.