And my eyes a fountain of tears,
That I might weep day and night
For the slain of the daughter of my people!
A lodging place for travelers;
That I might leave my people,
And go from them!
For athey are all adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.
They are not valiant for the truth on the earth.
For they proceed from bevil to evil,
And they cdo not know Me,” says the Lord.
And do not trust any brother;
For every brother will utterly supplant,
And every neighbor will bwalk with slanderers.
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.
Through deceit they refuse to know Me,” says the Lord.
“Behold, aI will refine them and try them;
bFor how shall I deal with the daughter of My people?
It speaks adeceit;
One speaks bpeaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
But1 in his heart he lies in wait.
“Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?”
| << Jeremiah 9:1 | Jeremiah 9:3 >> |
American Standard Version
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Amplified® Bible
Oh, that I had in the wilderness a lodging place (a mere shelter) for wayfaring men, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers [rendering worship to idols instead of to the Lord, Who has espoused the people to Himself]; they are a gang of treacherous men [faithless even to each other].
Contemporary English Version
I wish I could go into the desert and find a hiding place from all who are treacherous and unfaithful to God.
Darby English Version
Oh that I had in the wilderness a traveller's lodging-place, that I might leave my people, and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
Good News Bible
I wish I had a place to stay in the desert where I could get away from my people. They are all unfaithful, a mob of traitors.
King James Version
Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
New American Standard Bible
Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers' lodging place; That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them are adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men.
New International Version
Oh, that I had in the desert
a lodging place for travelers,
so that I might leave my people
and go away from them;
for they are all adulterers,
a crowd of unfaithful people.
New King James Version
Oh, that I had in the wilderness
A lodging place for travelers;
That I might leave my people,
And go from them!
For they are all adulterers,
An assembly of treacherous men.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
Oh that I had in the desert A wayfarers' lodging place;That I might leave my people And go from them! For all of them behave like adulterers, An assembly of treacherous men.
Revised Standard Version
O that I had in the desert a wayfarers' lodging place, that I might leave my people and go away from them! For they are all adulterers, a company of treacherous men.
Young's Literal Translation
Who doth give me in a wilderness A lodging-place of travellers? And I leave my people, and go from them, For all of them `are' adulterers, An assembly of treacherous ones.
| << Jeremiah 9:1 | Jeremiah 9:3 >> |
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