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Jeremiah 9:2
New English Translation
Jeremiah 9:2
New English Translation
2 (9:1) I wish I had a lodging place in the wilderness
where I could spend some time like a weary traveler.[a]
Then I would desert my people
and walk away from them
because they are all unfaithful to God,
a congregation[b] of people that has been disloyal to him.”[c]
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 9:2 tn Heb “I wish I had in the desert a lodging place [inn, or place to spend the night] for travelers.”
- Jeremiah 9:2 tn Or “bunch,” but this loses the irony; the word is used for the solemn assemblies at the religious feasts.
- Jeremiah 9:2 tn Heb “they are all adulterers, a congregation of unfaithful people.” However, spiritual adultery is, of course, meant, not literal adultery. So the literal translation would be misleading.
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