Jeremía 9:3

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3 Þeir spenna tungu sína eins og boga sinn, með lygi, en eigi með sannleika, hafa þeir náð völdum í landinu, því að frá einni vonskunni ganga þeir til annarrar, en mig þekkja þeir ekki - segir Drottinn.

Bible Verse Review
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they bend: Jeremiah 9:5, Jeremiah 9:8, Psalms 52:2-4, Psalms 64:3, Psalms 64:4, Psalms 120:2-4, Isaiah 59:3-5, Isaiah 59:13-15, Micah 7:3-5, Romans 3:13

valiant: Matthew 10:31-33, Mark 8:38, Romans 1:16, Philippians 1:28, Jude 1:3, Revelation 12:11

for they: Jeremiah 7:26, 2 Timothy 3:13

they know: Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 22:16, Jeremiah 31:34, Judges 2:10, 1 Samuel 2:12, Hosea 4:1-3, John 8:54, John 8:55, John 17:3, Romans 1:28, 2 Corinthians 4:4-6

Reciprocal: Genesis 39:16 - General Leviticus 19:11 - lie one Numbers 14:3 - the Lord Joshua 23:6 - very 1 Samuel 19:1 - And Saul 2 Samuel 15:8 - I will serve 2 Kings 5:22 - My master Nehemiah 6:6 - It is reported Job 15:5 - thou choosest Job 18:21 - knoweth Psalms 4:2 - leasing Psalms 5:9 - For Psalms 10:7 - and deceit Psalms 11:2 - lo Psalms 52:3 - lying Psalms 55:11 - deceit Psalms 109:2 - with Psalms 120:5 - Woe Psalms 140:3 - sharpened Proverbs 25:18 - General Ecclesiastes 4:3 - who Isaiah 1:3 - but Israel Isaiah 1:5 - ye will Isaiah 3:5 - the people Isaiah 6:5 - I dwell Isaiah 30:9 - lying Isaiah 57:11 - that thou Jeremiah 7:28 - truth Ezekiel 8:13 - greater Daniel 11:27 - speak lies Zechariah 8:16 - Speak Matthew 15:11 - but Matthew 22:16 - we know Acts 24:9 - General Ephesians 4:25 - putting Colossians 3:9 - Lie James 3:5 - so

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they bend their tongues like their bow for lies,.... Their tongues were like bows, and their lying words like arrows, which they directed against persons to their injury; see Psalms 11:2, or, "like their deceitful bow" p; to which the Targum agrees,

"they teach their tongues words of falsehood, they are like to a deceitful bow.''

Most agreeably to the accents the words may be rendered, "they bend their tongues, their bow is a lie" q; either deceitful, or carries a lie in it, and shoots one out of it:

but they are not valiant for the truth upon the earth; which a man should do everything for, and nothing against; and which he should earnestly contend for, and not part with or give up at any rate; not only for the truth of doctrine, for faith, as the Targum; for the doctrine of faith, the truth of the Gospel, and as it is in Christ; but for truth between man and man, for veracity, rightness, and integrity: for they proceed from evil to evil; from one sin to another, growing worse and worse, as wicked men and deceivers usually do. Kimchi observes, it may be interpreted, as of evil works, so of the evil of punishment, from one evil of the enemy to another; or this year they are smitten with blasting, another with mildew, or with the locust, and yet they turn not from their evil ways:

and they know not me, saith the Lord; the God of truth, and without iniquity, and who will severely punish for it; they did not serve and worship him as the only Lord God. The Targum is,

"the knowledge of my fear they learned not.''

p קשתם שקר "veluti acum falsum", Munster; "quasi arcum mendacii", V. L. q "Et tetenderunt linguam suam, arcus ipsorum mendacium est", De Dieu; "qui tendunt linguam suam, arcus eorum est mendacium", Schmidt. Approved by Reinbeck. De Accent. Heb. p. 437.

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.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 9:3. They bend their tongues like their bow for lies — And their lies are such that they as fully take away life as the keenest arrow shot from the best strung bow. The false prophets told the people that there was no desolation at hand: the people believed them; made no preparation for their defence; did not return to the Lord; and the sword came and destroyed them.

They are not valiant for the truth — They are bold in sin, and courageous to support their lies; but the truth they neither patronize nor support.