Jeremiah 9:2

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.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
that	יִתְּנֵ֣נִי yi.te.Ne.ni	H5414	to give · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
wilderness	בַמִּדְבָּ֗ר va.mid.Bar	H4057	a pasture (i.e. open field · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
place	מְלוֹן֙ me.lOn	H4411	a lodgment · noun, common masculine singular construct
men	אֹֽרְחִ֔ים 'o.re.Chim	H732	to travel · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute
leave	וְאֶֽעֶזְבָה֙ ve.'e.'ez.Vah	H5800	to loosen · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common singular
people	עַמִּ֔י 'a.Mi	H5971	a people (as a congregated unit) · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix
go	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
adulterers	מְנָ֣אֲפִ֔ים me.Na.'a.Fim	H5003	to commit adultery · verb, piel active participle, masculine plural absolute
assembly	עֲצֶ֖רֶת 'a.Tze.ret	H6116	an assembly · noun, common feminine singular construct
men	בֹּגְדִֽים bo.ge.Dim	H898	to cover (with a garment) · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural absolute

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Cross-references

Jeremiah 5:7-8 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they t…
Jeremiah 23:10 For the land is full of adulterers; for because of swearing the land mourneth; the pleasant places of the wilderness are dried up, and their…
Hosea 4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Jeremiah 12:1 Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper…
Jeremiah 12:6 For even thy brethren, and the house of thy father, even they have dealt treacherously with thee; yea, they have called a multitude after th…
Hosea 7:4 They are all adulterers, as an oven heated by the baker, who ceaseth from raising after he hath kneaded the dough, until it be leavened.
Psalms 55:6-8 And I said, Oh that I had wings like a dove! for then would I fly away, and be at rest.
Psalms 120:5-7 Woe is me, that I sojourn in Mesech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:1-11

The prophet, being commissioned both to foretel the destruction coming upon Judah and Jerusalem and to point out the sin for which that destruction was brought upon them, here, as elsewhere, speaks of both very feelingly: what he said of both came from the heart, and therefore one would have thought it would reach to the heart. I. He abandons himself to sorrow in consideration of the calamitous condition of his people, which he sadly laments, a one that preferred Jerusalem before his chief joy and her grievances before his chief sorrows. 1. He laments the slaughter of the persons, the blood shed and the lives lost (Jer 9:1): "O that my head were waters, quite melted and dissolved with grief,…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 9:2

lodging-place--a caravanseral for caravans, or companies travelling in the desert, remote from towns. It was a square building enclosing an open court. Though a lonely and often filthy dwelling, Jeremiah would prefer even it to the comforts of Jerusalem, so as to be removed from the pollutions of the capital (Psa 55:7-8).

John Gill on Jeremiah 9:2

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men,.... Such as travellers take up with in a desert, when they are benighted, and cannot reach a town or village. This the prophet chose, partly that he might have an opportunity to give vent to his grief, being alone; for which reason he did not desire to be in cities and populous places, where he might be amused and diverted while his people were in distress: and partly to show his sympathy, not being able to bear the sight of their misery; and also some degree of indignation at their impieties, which had brought ruin upon them; on account of which it was more eligible to dwell with the wild beasts of the desert than with them i…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 9:2

Jeremiah 9:2 2. 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. 2. Quis statuet me in deserto, in diversorio (alii, tugurium, vertunt; sed nescio an reperiatur mlvn in hoc sensu) viatorum? et relinquam populum meum et discedam ab illis; quia omnes adulteri, conventus transgressorum (vel, perfidorum; nam vgdym sunt perfidi et apostatoe, ut alibi vidimus.) Here the Prophet entertains another wish: He had before wished that his head were waters, that he might shed tears, and he had wished his eyes to be the fountains of tears; but now, after having duly considered the…

The Church Fathers

(Verse 2.) Who will give me lodging in the solitude of travelers, and I will leave my people and depart from them? LXX: Who will give me a final dwelling place in the solitude, so that I may leave my people and depart from them? It is better, he says, to dwell in extreme solitude than to dwell among such great crimes of men. Hence the Savior spoke in the Gospel: How long shall I bear with you? And in another place it is written: In that time, the one who understands will sit and be silent, for it is a time of great distress (Lamentations 3:28, Micah 2:7).
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Inn — In the modern sense, unknown in the East. The khans or caravanserais, which correspond to the European inn, are not alluded to in the Old Testament. The “inn” mentioned in Ex. 4:24 was just the…
Company · EVIL — EVIL
Patriotism · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Prophets · Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted — Felt deeply on account of the calamities which they predicted
Zeal, Religious · EXEMPLIFIE — EXEMPLIFIE

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 9:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 9:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 9:2

John Calvin on Jeremiah 9:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 9:2

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 9:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 9:2

John Gill on Jeremiah 9:2

John Calvin on Jeremiah 9:2

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 9:1-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 9:2

Rashi on Jeremiah 9:2