Jeremiah 9:6

6 You^[a] live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 9:6 in Other Translations

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

6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the LORD.

6 They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me,” says the LORD .

6 They pile wrong upon wrong, stack lie upon lie, and refuse to know me." God's Decree.

6 You live in [a world] of deception. In [their] deception they refuse to know Me. [This is] the Lord's declaration.

Jeremiah 9:6 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:6

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit
In the midst of a people of deceit, as Kimchi and Ben Molech. These are the words of the Lord to the prophet, showing what a people he dwelt among, and had to do with; how cautiously and prudently he should act; how little they were to be trusted to and depended upon; and what little hope there was of bringing them to true repentance, since there was so much deceit and hypocrisy among them. The Targum interprets the words not of the habitation of the prophet, but of the people, thus,

``they sit in the house of their own congregation, and talk of their iniquities deceitfully;''

and so Jarchi,

``while they are sitting they devise deceitful devices.''

Through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord:
or, "because of deceit" ^F20; hypocrisy being a reigning and governing sin in them; they liked not the true knowledge of God, and refused to worship him according to the revelation of his will.

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FOOTNOTES:

F20 (hmrmb) "ob dolum", Schmidt.

Jeremiah 9:6 In-Context

4 “Beware of your friends; do not trust anyone in your clan. For every one of them is a deceiver,and every friend a slanderer.

5 Friend deceives friend, and no one speaks the truth. They have taught their tongues to lie; they weary themselves with sinning.

6 You live in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to acknowledge me,” declares the LORD.

7 Therefore this is what the LORD Almighty says: “See, I will refine and test them, for what else can I do because of the sin of my people?

8 Their tongue is a deadly arrow; it speaks deceitfully. With their mouths they all speak cordially to their neighbors, but in their hearts they set traps for them.

Cross References

• 1. S Jeremiah 5:27

Footnotes

• [a]. That is, Jeremiah (the Hebrew is singular)