Jeremiah 9:8

Overview - Jeremiah 9
Jeremiah laments the Jews for their manifold sins;
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.
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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.
 


tongue
Jeremiah 9:3 Jeremiah 9:5 ; Psalms 12:2 ; 57:4 Psalms 64:3 Psalms 64:4 Psalms 64:8 120:3

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

in heart
Hebrew in the midst of him. his wait. or, wait for
him.