jeremiah 9 and 10

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The Hebrew paragraph divisions:

Jer 9:1 {s} That my eyes were a fountain of tears, that I might weep unceasing for the slain of my people
Jer 9:2-6 {s} That I might dwell away from my people, for they commit iniquity and do not know YHVH
Jer 9:7-9 {s} I will refine My people, for they speak falsely; shall I not punish them for these things?
Jer 9:10-11 {s} A lamentation for the dwelling places of Judah, for they are desolate – even the wildlife has gone
Jer 9:12 {s} Who is wise to understand why the land has perished, burned up, so that none can pass through?
Jer 9:13-14 {p} Because they have forsaken My Law, but walked after the dictates of their own hearts
Jer 9:15-16 {p} I will feed them with wormwood, scatter them among the Gentiles, and send a sword after them
Jer 9:17-19 {s} Let the mourners take up a lamentation for Zion, for the land has cast out its inhabitants
Jer 9:20-22 {s} Teach a lamentation, for death has entered our houses + palaces, to kill off our children + men
Jer 9:23-24 {s} Let not the wise, mighty, or rich glory, but glory in understanding and knowing YHVH
Jer 9:25-26 {p} I will punish the circumcised with the uncircumcised, for the circumcised are uncircumcised in heart
Jer 10:1-5 {p} Don’t learn the way of the Gentiles, for their customs + idols are futile
Jer 10:6-10 {p} There is none like Yehovah among all the wise of the nations, but idols are worthless
Jer 10:11 {s} The gods that have not made the heavens + earth shall perish from the earth + heavens
Jer 10:12-16 {s} Futile idols shall perish, but the Portion of Jacob – YHVH of hosts – is the Maker of all things
Jer 10:17 {s} Gather up your wares from the ground, O you who abides through the siege
Jer 10:18 {s} YHVH will sling out the inhabitants of the land, distressing them that they may feel it
Jer 10:19-21 {p} The mourning of Jacob, for his children are gone because of the dullness of their shepherds
Jer 10:22 {s} A report has come from the north which makes the cities of Judah desolate
Jer 10:23-25 {p} Do not correct me with anger; but pour it out on the Gentiles who have made the land desolate

The chiastic structure of Jer chapters 1 through 12:

1a) Jer 1:4-19 chiastic structure {s+p+s+p} Jeremiah’s call: a prophet to the nations from his mother’s womb;

1b) Jer 2:1-3:5 {p+s+p} Judah’s unfaithfulness to her husband, YHVH her God;

1c) Jer 3:6-4:4a chiastic structure {sx4} Call to forsake idolatry/ return + circumcise hearts to YHVH;

1d) Jer 4:3-6:30 chiastic structure {p+s+p+p+s+p+s+s+p+s+px3+s+p+p} Disaster coming from the north;

central axis) Jer 7:1-8:3 {s+p+p+s+p+s} Call to repentance at the entrance to the house of YHVH;

2d) Jer 8:4-9:26 {p+p+sx7+p+p+sx3+p} Disaster coming from the north;

2c) Jer 10:1-25 {p+p+sx4+p+s+p} YHVH is great, the Maker of all, the portion of Jacob/ futile ways of Gentiles;

2b) Jer 11:1-17 {p+sx4+p} Judah’s unfaithfulness to her covenant with YHVH her God;

2a) Jer 11:18-12:17 {s+p+s+p+s+s+p+s} Jeremiah persecuted because of his calling as a prophet.

It is never too late to repent and return to YHVH our God! But repent from what? From forsaking His Law which He has set before us (Jer 9:13), and embracing the ways of Gentiles (Jer 10:1-2) – for we who have believed in Messiah Yeshua, are to consider ourselves Gentiles no longer (Eph 2:11-13).