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A Lament over Zion
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|Jeremias 9:1| Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
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|Jeremias 9:2| 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.
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|Jeremias 9:3| "They bend their tongue like their bow; Lies and not truth prevail in the land; For they proceed from evil to evil, And they do not know Me," declares the Lord.
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|Jeremias 9:4| "Let everyone be on guard against his neighbor, And do not trust any brother; Because every brother deals craftily, And every neighbor goes about as a slanderer.
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|Jeremias 9:5| "Everyone deceives his neighbor And does not speak the truth, They have taught their tongue to speak lies; They weary themselves committing iniquity.
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|Jeremias 9:6| "Your dwelling is in the midst of deceit; Through deceit they refuse to know Me," declares the Lord.
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|Jeremias 9:7| Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts, "Behold, I will refine them and assay them; For what else can I do, because of the daughter of My people?
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|Jeremias 9:8| "Their tongue is a deadly arrow; It speaks deceit; With his mouth one speaks peace to his neighbor, But inwardly he sets an ambush for him.
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|Jeremias 9:9| "Shall I not punish them for these things?" declares the Lord. "On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?
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|Jeremias 9:10| "For the mountains I will take up a weeping and wailing, And for the pastures of the wilderness a dirge, Because they are laid waste so that no one passes through, And the lowing of the cattle is not heard; Both the birds of the sky and the beasts have fled; they are gone.
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