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.”

"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." - Jeremiah 9:2
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What does Jeremiah 9:2 mean?

The Bible verse Jeremiah 9:2 from the King James Version reads, "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." This verse is part of the book of…

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Longing for Solitude: Finding Refuge Among the Wayfaring

As we delve into the poignant words of Jeremiah 9:2, we find the Prophet's soul laid bare—a profound craving for solitude that resonates deeply with many of us today. Jeremiah exclaims, "Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my…

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A Prayer for Refuge in Times of Turmoil

O Lord, my God, I come before You with a heavy heart, reflecting on the words of 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." I stand…

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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."
Jeremiah 2:9 - "¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead."
Daniel 9:2 - "In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem."
Jeremiah 9:9 - "¶ Shall I not visit them for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"
"¶ Wherefore I will yet plead with you, saith the LORD, and with your children's children will I plead." - Jeremiah 2:9
Jeremiah 38:9 (KJVA) 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah 38:9 (KJVA) 9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
Jeremiah 17:9 - "¶ The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?"
Jeremiah 17:9 (KJVA) 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 17:9 (KJVA) 9 The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
Jeremiah 18:9 - "And at what instant I shall speak concerning a nation, and concerning a kingdom, to build and to plant it;"
Jeremiah 26:9 - "Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabitant? And all the people were gathered against Jeremiah in the house of the LORD."
Jeremiah 9:6 - "Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 5:9 - "Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"
Jeremiah 9:14 - "But have walked after the imagination of their own heart, and after Baalim, which their fathers taught them:"
Jeremiah 30:9 - "But they shall serve the LORD their God, and David their king, whom I will raise up unto them."
Jeremiah 11:9 - "And the LORD said unto me, A conspiracy is found among the men of Judah, and among the inhabitants of Jerusalem."
Jeremiah 9:25 - "¶ Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will punish all them which are circumcised with the uncircumcised;"
Jeremiah 25:2 - "The which Jeremiah the prophet spake unto all the people of Judah, and to all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, saying,"
Jeremiah 3:2
Jeremiah 38:9 - "My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city."
Jeremiah 13:9 - "Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem."
Jeremiah 29:9 - "For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 35:9 - "Nor to build houses for us to dwell in: neither have we vineyard, nor field, nor seed:"
Jeremiah 8:9 - "The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?"
Jeremiah 22:9 - "Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them."
Jeremiah 3:9 - "And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks."
Jeremiah 9:11 - "And I will make Jerusalem heaps, and a den of dragons; and I will make the cities of Judah desolate, without an inhabitant."
Jeremiah 20:2 - "Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD."