ירמיה 9:8

Hebrew Modern Translation

חץ שוחט לשונם מרמה דבר בפיו שלום את רעהו ידבר ובקרבו ישים ארבו׃

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Aleppo Codex
[9:7] חץ שוחט (שחוט) לשונם מרמה דבר בפיו שלום את רעהו ידבר ובקרבו ישים ארבו

Biblia Hebrica Stuttgartensia (1967/77)
[9:7] חֵ֥ץ *שׁוֹחֵט **שָׁח֛וּט לְשׁוֹנָ֖ם מִרְמָ֣ה דִבֵּ֑ר בְּפִ֗יו שָׁלֹ֤ום אֶת־רֵעֵ֙הוּ֙ יְדַבֵּ֗ר וּבְקִרְבֹּ֖ו יָשִׂ֥ים אָרְבֹּֽו ׃

Westminster Leningrad Codex
[9:7] חֵץ שָׁחוּטשׁוֹחֵט לְשׁוֹנָם מִרְמָה דִבֵּר בְּפִיו שָׁלוֹם אֶת־רֵעֵהוּ יְדַבֵּר וּבְקִרְבּוֹ יָשִׂים אָרְבֹּֽו ׃

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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

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

in heart: Heb. in the midst of him

his wait: or, wait for him

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 18:21 - a snare Job 15:5 - thou choosest Psalms 52:1 - told Psalms 52:3 - lying Proverbs 25:18 - General Micah 6:12 - spoken

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 w; or is "wounding", as the Septuagint, or "slaying" x; 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; 1 Kings 10:16- :,

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.

u שוחט "extensa, [vel] tracta", Vatablus w T. Bab. Cholin, fol. 30. 2. & Gloss. in ib. x Jugulans, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

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.”