Jeremiah 9:2 Parallel Translations

I wish I had a place to stay in the desert. I would abandon my people and go away from them. They are all adulterers, a mob of traitors.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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.

ASV:

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.

BBE:

If only I had in the waste land a night's resting-place for travellers, so that I might go away, far from my people! for they are all untrue, a band of false men.

DBY:

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.

ERV:

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.

JPS:

Oh that I were in the wilderness, in 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.

WBS:

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging-place of way-faring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.

WEB:

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.

YLT:

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 9:2 Cross References

XREF:

Psalm 55:6 I said, "Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

Psalm 55:7 "Behold, I would wander far away, I would lodge in the wilderness. Selah.

Psalm 120:5 Woe is me, for I sojourn in Meshech, For I dwell among the tents of Kedar!

Psalm 120:6 Too long has my soul had its dwelling With those who hate peace.

Jeremiah 5:7 "Why should I pardon you? Your sons have forsaken Me And sworn by those who are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, They committed adultery And trooped to the harlot's house.

Jeremiah 5:8 "They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing after his neighbor's wife.

Jeremiah 5:11 "For the house of Israel and the house of Judah Have dealt very treacherously with Me," declares the LORD.

Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous are You, O LORD, that I would plead my case with You; Indeed I would discuss matters of justice with You: Why has the way of the wicked prospered? Why are all those who deal in treachery at ease?

Jeremiah 12:6 "For even your brothers and the household of your father, Even they have dealt treacherously with you, Even they have cried aloud after you. Do not believe them, although they may say nice things to you."

Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; For the land mourns because of the curse. The pastures of the wilderness have dried up. Their course also is evil And their might is not right.

Hosea 4:2 There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

9:2 O that I had in the wilderness a {b} lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they [are] all {c} adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.
(b) He shows that there was more peace and greater safety for him to dwell among the wild beasts than among this wicked people except that God has given him this charge.
(c) Utterly turned from God.

WES:

9:2 A lodging place - Some retiring place, though it were but some mean hut in the wilderness.

MHC:

9:1-11 Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without communion with God, through Christ Jesus, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, must be a place for temptation and evil; while, with these blessings, we may live in holiness in crowded cities. The people accustomed their tongues to lies. So false were they, that a brother could not be trusted. In trading and bargaining they said any thing for their own advantage, though they knew it to be false. But God marked their sin. Where no knowledge of God is, what good can be expected? He has many ways of turning a fruitful land into barrenness for the wickedness of those that dwell therein.

CONC:

Adulterers Assembly Band Company Crowd Desert Leave Lodging Lodging-place Night's O Oh Ones Resting-place Travelers Travellers Traveller's Treacherous Unfaithful Untrue Waste Wayfarers Wayfaring Way-faring Wilderness

Adulterers Assembly Band Company Crowd Desert False. Far Leave Lodging Night's Ones Resting-Place Travelers Travellers Treacherous Untrue Waste Wayfarers Wayfaring Way-Faring Wilderness

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