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Jeremiah 9 — Sermon Preparation
In a land of deceit where no one trusts a brother, the prophet weeps over coming devastation and urges boasting only in knowing the Lord. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 9, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 375 / 186
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 25
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 9 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נְהִי | nᵉhîy | H5092 | 4 | elegy |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 6 | oracle |
| הָלַל | hâlal | H1984 | 5 | be clear, shine |
| דָבַר | dâbar | H1696 | 6 | arrange, speak |
| רֵעַ | rêaʻ | H7453 | 4 | associate |
| בְּלִי | bᵉlîy | H1097 | 3 | failure, nothing |
| מִדְבָּר | midbâr | H4057 | 4 | pasture, desert |
How preachers through history handled this text
25 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 9, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“21. For when they knew God, etc. He plainly testifies here, that God has presented to the minds of all the means of knowing him, having so manifested himself by his works, that they must necessarily see what of themselves they seek not to know -- that there is some God; for the world does not by chance exist, nor could it have proceeded from itself. But we must ever bear in mind the degree of knowledge in which they continued; and this appears from what follows. They glorified him not as God. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Romans, on Jeremiah 9:24–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Jer 9:11
- Zion— Jer 9:19
- Ammon— Jer 9:26
- Edom— Jer 9:26
- Egypt— Jer 9:26
- Moab 1— Jer 9:26
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