Jeremiah 9:8

Jeremiah 9:8 in other translations

Jeremiah 9:8 in context

1. 6Your habitation is in the middle of deceit.
   Through deceit, they refuse to know me,” says Yahweh.
2. 7Therefore Yahweh of Armies says,
   “Behold, I will melt them and test them;
   for how should I deal with the daughter of my people?
3. 8Their tongue is a deadly arrow.
   It speaks deceit.
   One speaks peaceably to his neighbor with his mouth,
   but in his heart, he waits to ambush him.
4. 9Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says Yahweh.
   “Shouldn’t my soul be avenged on a nation such as this?
5. 10I will weep and wail for the mountains,
   and lament for the pastures of the wilderness,
   because they are burned up, so that no one passes through;
   Men can’t hear the voice of the livestock.
   Both the birds of the sky and the animals have fled.
   They are gone.