Jeremiah 9:6
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 9:6 in other translations
| BSB | You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD. |
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| WEB | Your habitation is in the middle of deceit. Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says the LORD. |
| ASV | Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah. |
| YLT | thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah. |
| DARBY | Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah. |
| BBE | There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord. |
| Webster | Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD. |
What does Jeremiah 9:6 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 9:1-11
The people are corrected, Jerusalem is destroyed. (Jr 9:1-11) The captives suffer in a foreign land. (Jr 9:12-22) God's loving-kindness, He threatens the enemies of his people. (Jr 9:23-26) Verses 1-11 Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without communion with God, through Christ Jesus, and the influences of the…
Jeremiah 9:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Jeremiah 9:6
- Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.
- Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
- Romans 1:28
And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient;
- Jeremiah 20:10
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
- Proverbs 1:24
Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;
- Jeremiah 11:19
But I was like a lamb or an ox that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had devised devices against me, saying, Let us destroy the tree with the fruit thereof, and let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be no more remembered.
- Jeremiah 8:5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
- Proverbs 1:29
For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the Lord:
- Job 21:14-15
Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. What is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what profit should we have, if we pray unto him?
- John 3:19-20
And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. For every one that doeth evil hateth the light, neither cometh to the light, lest his deeds should be reproved.
- Jeremiah 18:18
Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us smite him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.
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Context
- Jeremiah 9:5
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.
- Jeremiah 9:6
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord.
- Jeremiah 9:7
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?
Jeremiah 9:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tu morada es en medio de engaño; de muy engañadores no quisieron conocerme, dice Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’ Éternel des armées: Voici, je vais les affiner et les éprouver; car comment agirais-je à l’égard de la fille de mon peuple? |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Deine Wohnung ist mitten unter Trug. Vor Trug weigern sie sich, mich zu erkennen, spricht Jehova. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Habitatio tua in medio doli: in dolo renuerunt scire me, dicit Dominus. |