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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 9:5 - King James
Verse |
Translation |
Text |
Jer 9:5 |
King James |
And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit iniquity. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
weary themselves--are at laborious pains to act perversely [MAURER]. Sin is a hard bondage (Hab 2:13). |
Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
Weary - They use industry, and contrivance in it, they spare no labour. |
Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
And weary themselves to commit iniquity - O, what a drudgery is sin! and how much labor must a man take in order to get to hell! The tenth part of it, in working together with God, would bring him to the gate of glory. |
13 Behold, is it not of the LORD of hosts that the people shall labour in the very fire, and the people shall weary themselves for very vanity?