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Jeremiah 9 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Calvin 21 Spurgeon 2 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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