What Does Jeremiah 9:2 Mean?

who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix

“Oh that”

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

“I had in the wilderness”

a pasture (i.e., open field, whither cattle are driven); by implication, a desert

“a lodging place”

a lodgment, i.e., caravanserai or encampment

“of wayfaring men”

to travel

“that I might leave”

to loosen, i.e., relinquish, permit, etc

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

“my people”

a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock

to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“from them! for they be all adulterers”

to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize

“an assembly”

an assembly, especially on a festival or holiday

“of treacherous men”

to cover (with a garment); figuratively, to act covertly; by implication, to pillage