Jeremiah 9:2

Translations

Modern

If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Who will give me in the wilderness a lodging place for travelers, that I might leave my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous ones.

Latin

Quis dabit me in solitudine diversorium viatorum, et derelinquam populum meum, et recedam ab eis? quia omnes adulteri sunt, cœtus prævaricatorum.

Original

Hebrew

English

If only I had a traveler’s lodge in the wilderness, I would abandon my people and depart from them, for they are all adulterers, a crowd of faithless people.

Notes

Jeremiah 9:2

Jeremiah wanted to escape and build a shack in the desert to forget the war (Psalm 55:6–8). He knew his people were unfaithful and dishonest, deserving punishment, but he did not want to be in Jerusalem to see it.

Jeremiah 8:18–9:26

The priests in the Temple memorized and repeated prayers as part of their rituals. They believed using the exact words was crucial; otherwise, the prayers lost their magical power. The character of the priests saying the prayers was not very important. This was also true for lamentations. In contrast, Jeremiah's prayers and lamentations were spontaneous and deeply personal.

Theme notes and profiles

The New Covenant

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

Related verses

Jeremiah 23:10
For the land is full of adulterers—because of the curse, the land mourns and the pastures of the wilderness have dried up—their course is evil and their power is misused.
Jeremiah 5:7–8
“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.
Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Hosea 7:4
They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.
Jeremiah 12:6
Even your brothers—your own father’s household—even they have betrayed you; even they have cried aloud against you. Do not trust them, though they speak well of you.
Malachi 2:11
Judah has broken faith; an abomination has been committed in Israel and in Jerusalem. For Judah has profaned the LORD’s beloved sanctuary by marrying the daughter of a foreign god.
Zephaniah 3:4
Her prophets are reckless, faithless men. Her priests profane the sanctuary; they do violence to the law.
Psalm 55:6–8
I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and find rest.
Psalm 120:5–7
Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
Ezekiel 22:10–11
In you they have uncovered the nakedness of their fathers; in you they violate women during their menstrual impurity.
Hosea 6:7
But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Desert Jeremiah (Person) Neighbor

Topics

Church: Backslidden Company: Evil Patriotism: General Scriptures Concerning Prophets: Felt Deeply on Account of the Calamities Which They Predicted Religious Zeal: Exemplified Sin: Repugnant to Righteous People

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