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Jérémie 9:8

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8 Leur langue est un trait meurtrier qui profère le mensonge; chacun a la paix dans la bouche avec son prochain, mais au-dedans il lui dresse des embûches.

Jérémie 9:8 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 9:8

Their tongue is as an arrow shot out
As an arrow out of a bow, which moves swiftly, and comes with great force; or, "drawn out" {u}; as out of a quiver. The word is used of gold, and rendered "beaten gold", ( 1 Kings 10:16 ) , gold drawn out into plates; and here of an arrow drawn out of a quiver; and so it is interpreted in the Talmud F23; or is "wounding", as the Septuagint, or "slaying" F24; denoting the mischief and injury done to the characters of men, by a deceitful, detracting, and calumniating tongue. The Targum is, "as a sharp arrow their tongue"; which pierces deep, and is deadly; (See Gill on Jeremiah 9:3), it speaketh deceit;
deceitful words, by which men are imposed upon, and are led into wrong ways of thinking and acting: one speaketh peaceably to his neighbour with his mouth;
salutes him in a friendly manner; wishes him all health, peace, and prosperity; professes a sincere and cordial friendship for him, and pretends a strong affection to him: but in his heart he layeth wait;
to draw him into snares, and circumvent, trick, and defraud him.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (jxwv) "extensa, [vel] tracta", Vatablus
F23 T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 30. 2. & Gloss. in ib.
F24 Jugulans, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.
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Jérémie 9:8 In-Context

6 Ta demeure est au sein de la fausseté. C'est par fausseté qu'ils refusent de me connaître, dit l'Éternel.
7 C'est pourquoi, ainsi a dit l'Éternel des armées: Voici je vais les mettre au creuset et les éprouver. Car comment agirais-je à l'égard de la fille de mon peuple?
8 Leur langue est un trait meurtrier qui profère le mensonge; chacun a la paix dans la bouche avec son prochain, mais au-dedans il lui dresse des embûches.
9 Ne les punirais-je pas pour ces choses-là, dit l'Éternel? Mon âme ne se vengerait-elle pas d'une telle nation?
10 Sur les montagnes j'élèverai ma voix avec larmes, avec gémissements; et sur les pâturages du désert je prononcerai une complainte, car ils sont brûlés, et personne n'y passe. On n'y entend plus la voix des troupeaux; les oiseaux des cieux et le bétail se sont enfuis; ils ont disparu.

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