the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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THE MESSAGE
Jeremiah 9:6
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You live in a world of deception.In their deception they refuse to know me.
Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the Lord .
Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, declares the Lord .
"Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD.
Jeremiah, you live in the middle of lies. With their lies the people refuse to know me," says the Lord .
"Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit [oppression upon oppression and deceit upon deceit]; Through deceit they refuse to know (understand) Me," says the LORD.
Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
Thine habitation is in the middes of deceiuers: because of their deceit they refuse to know me, sayth the Lord.
Your habitation is in the midst of deceit;Through deceit they refuse to know Me," declares Yahweh.
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD.
Everyone takes advantage of everyone else, and no one will admit that I am God.
"Therefore," says Adonai -Tzva'ot, "I will refine them and test them. What else can I do with the daughter of my people?
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
One bad thing followed another, and lies followed lies. The people refused to know me." This is what the Lord said.
Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through their deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.
Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit, upon deceit they refuse to know me," declares Yahweh.
Your home is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know Me, says Jehovah.
They haue set their stole in the myddest of disceate, and (for very dissemblinge falsede) they wil not knowe me, saieth the LORDE.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.
There is wrong on wrong, deceit on deceit; they have given up the knowledge of me, says the Lord.
Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts: behold, I will smelt them, and try them; for how else should I do, because of the daughter of My people?
Thine habitation is in the middest of deceit, through deceit they refuse to know me, sayth the Lord.
Thou sittest in the middes of a deceiptfull people, which for very dissembling falshood wyll not knowe me, saith the Lorde.
There is usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, saith the Lord.
Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
Thi dwellyng is in the myddis of gile; in gile thei forsoken to knowe me, seith the Lord.
Oppression upon oppression, deceit upon deceit; they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.
Thy habitation [is] in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.
They do one act of violence after another, and one deceitful thing after another. They refuse to pay attention to me," says the Lord .
Your dwelling place is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me," says the LORD.
They pile lie upon lie and utterly refuse to acknowledge me," says the Lord .
You live in the center of false ways. In their false ways they are not willing to know Me," says the Lord.
Oppression upon oppression, deceit upon deceit! They refuse to know me, says the Lord .
Thy dwelling, is in the midst of deceit, - Through deceit, have they rejected the knowledge of, me, Declareth Yahweh.
Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.
Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit, they refuse to know me, says the LORD.
thy dwelling [is] in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
"Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the LORD.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
habitation: Jeremiah 11:19, Jeremiah 18:18, Jeremiah 20:10, Psalms 120:2-6
refuse: Jeremiah 13:10, Job 21:14, Job 21:15, Proverbs 1:24, Proverbs 1:29, Hosea 4:6, John 3:19, John 3:20, Romans 1:28, 1 Corinthians 15:34
Reciprocal: Exodus 7:14 - he refuseth Exodus 16:28 - General Psalms 10:7 - and deceit Psalms 95:10 - and they Psalms 120:5 - Woe Jeremiah 8:5 - they hold Ezekiel 5:6 - for they Hosea 5:4 - and Hosea 6:7 - they dealt John 7:28 - whom 2 Thessalonians 1:8 - that know
Cross-References
This is the family tree of the human race: When God created the human race, he made it godlike, with a nature akin to God. He created both male and female and blessed them, the whole human race.
"But your own lifeblood I will avenge; I will avenge it against both animals and other humans.
Whoever sheds human blood, by humans let his blood be shed, Because God made humans in his image reflecting God's very nature. You're here to bear fruit, reproduce, lavish life on the Earth, live bountifully!"
God continued, "This is the sign of the covenant I am making between me and you and everything living around you and everyone living after you. I'm putting my rainbow in the clouds, a sign of the covenant between me and the Earth. From now on, when I form a cloud over the Earth and the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll remember my covenant between me and you and everything living, that never again will floodwaters destroy all life. When the rainbow appears in the cloud, I'll see it and remember the eternal covenant between God and everything living, every last living creature on Earth."
Noah lived another 350 years following the flood. He lived a total of 950 years. And he died.
"Anyone who hits and kills a fellow human must be put to death. Anyone who kills someone's animal must make it good—a life for a life. Anyone who injures his neighbor will get back the same as he gave: fracture for fracture, eye for eye, tooth for tooth. What he did to hurt that person will be done to him. Anyone who hits and kills an animal must make it good, but whoever hits and kills a fellow human will be put to death. And no double standards: the same rule goes for foreigners and natives. I am God , your God."
"Don't pollute the land in which you live. Murder pollutes the land. The land can't be cleaned up of the blood of murder except through the blood of the murderer.
You're the One I've violated, and you've seen it all, seen the full extent of my evil. You have all the facts before you; whatever you decide about me is fair. I've been out of step with you for a long time, in the wrong since before I was born. What you're after is truth from the inside out. Enter me, then; conceive a new, true life.
Jesus said, "Put your sword back where it belongs. All who use swords are destroyed by swords. Don't you realize that I am able right now to call to my Father, and twelve companies—more, if I want them—of fighting angels would be here, battle-ready? But if I did that, how would the Scriptures come true that say this is the way it has to be?"
To Be a Responsible Citizen Be a good citizen. All governments are under God. Insofar as there is peace and order, it's God's order. So live responsibly as a citizen. If you're irresponsible to the state, then you're irresponsible with God, and God will hold you responsible. Duly constituted authorities are only a threat if you're trying to get by with something. Decent citizens should have nothing to fear. Do you want to be on good terms with the government? Be a responsible citizen and you'll get on just fine, the government working to your advantage. But if you're breaking the rules right and left, watch out. The police aren't there just to be admired in their uniforms. God also has an interest in keeping order, and he uses them to do it. That's why you must live responsibly—not just to avoid punishment but also because it's the right way to live. That's also why you pay taxes—so that an orderly way of life can be maintained. Fulfill your obligations as a citizen. Pay your taxes, pay your bills, respect your leaders. Don't run up debts, except for the huge debt of love you owe each other. When you love others, you complete what the law has been after all along. The law code—don't sleep with another person's spouse, don't take someone's life, don't take what isn't yours, don't always be wanting what you don't have, and any other "don't" you can think of—finally adds up to this: Love other people as well as you do yourself. You can't go wrong when you love others. When you add up everything in the law code, the sum total is love. But make sure that you don't get so absorbed and exhausted in taking care of all your day-by-day obligations that you lose track of the time and doze off, oblivious to God. The night is about over, dawn is about to break. Be up and awake to what God is doing! God is putting the finishing touches on the salvation work he began when we first believed. We can't afford to waste a minute, must not squander these precious daylight hours in frivolity and indulgence, in sleeping around and dissipation, in bickering and grabbing everything in sight. Get out of bed and get dressed! Don't loiter and linger, waiting until the very last minute. Dress yourselves in Christ, and be up and about!
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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" t; 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.
t במרמה "ob dolum", Schmidt.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins.
Jeremiah 9:2
The prophet utters the wish that he might be spared his daily striving, and in some lone wilderness give way to his sorrow, without restraint.
A lodging place - It was usual to build in the desert, either by private charity or at the public expense, caravanserais, to receive travelers for a single night, who had however to bring their own supplies with them.
An assembly - Or, a gang.
Treacherous - Faithless toward one another.
Jeremiah 9:3
Rather, “And they bend their tongue to be their bow of lies, i. e.” just as men before a battle get their bows ready, so they of set purpose make ready to do mischief, only their arrows are lying words: “neither do they rule faithfully in the land, i. e.” Judaea.
Jeremiah 9:4
In a state of such utter lawlessness, the bonds of mutual confidence are relaxed, and suspicion takes its place.
Utterly supplant - An allusion to the name of Jacob Genesis 27:36. It might be rendered, “every brother is a thorough Jacob.”
Will walk with slanders - Or, slandereth.
Jeremiah 9:6
A continuation of the warning given in Jeremiah 9:4. “Trust no one: for thou dwellest surrounded by deceit on every side.” Their rejection of God is the result of their want of honesty in their dealings with one another 1 John 4:20.
Jeremiah 9:7
I will melt them, and try them - The punishment is corrective rather than retributive. The terms used are those of the refiner of metals, the first being the smelting to separate the pure metal from the ore; the second the testing to see whether the metal is pure, or still mixed with alloy. God will put the nation into the crucible of tribulation, that whatever is evil being consumed in the fire, all there is in them of good may be purified.
For how shall I do ... - Rather, “for how” else could I act with reference to the “daughter of my people?”
Jeremiah 9:8
An arrow shot out - Rather, “a murderous arrow.”
In heart he layeth his wait - Rather, “inwardly he layeth his ambush.”
