Jeremiah 9:6
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Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.

habitation.

Jeremiah 11:19 And I was as a meek lamb, that is carried to be a victim: and I knew not that they had devised counsels against me, saying: Let us put wood on his bread, and cut him off from the land of the living, and let his name be remembered no more.

Jeremiah 18:18 And they said: Come, and let us invent devices against Jeremiah: for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet: come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us give no heed to all his words.

Jeremiah 20:10 For I heard the reproaches of many, and terror on every side: Persecute him, and let us persecute him: from all the men that were my familiars, and continued at my side: if by any means he may be deceived, and we may prevail against him, and be revenged on him.

Psalm 120:2-6 O Lord, deliver my soul from wicked lips, and a deceitful tongue. . . .

refuse.

Jeremiah 13:10 This wicked people, that will not hear my words, and that walk in the perverseness of their heart, and have gone after strange gods to serve them, and to adore them: and they shall be as this girdle ,which is fit for no use.

Job 21:14,15 Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways. . . .

Proverbs 1:24,29 You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions. . . .

Hosea 4:6 My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

John 3:19,20 And this is the judgment: Because the light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil. . . .

Romans 1:28 And as they liked not to have God in their knowledge, God delivered them up to a reprobate sense, to do those things which are not convenient.

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak it to your shame.

Context
A Lament over Zion
5And a man shall mock his brother, and they will not speak the truth: for they have taught their tongue to speak lies: they have laboured to commit iniquity. 6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.7Therefore thus saith the Lord of hosts: Behold I will melt, and try them: for what else shall I do before the daughter of my people?…
Cross References
John 3:19
And this is the judgment: Because the light is come into the world and men loved darkness rather than the light: for their works were evil.

John 3:20
For every one that doth evil hateth the light and cometh not to the light, that his works may not be reproved.

1 Samuel 2:12
Now the sons of Heli were children of Belial, not knowing the Lord,

Job 21:14
Who have said to God: Depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.

Job 21:15
Who is the Almighty, that we should serve him? and what doth it profit us if we pray to him?

Psalm 120:5
Woe is me, that my sojourning is prolonged! I have dwelt with the inhabitants of Cedar:

Psalm 120:6
My soul hath been long a sojourner.

Proverbs 1:24
You have despised all my counsel, and have neglected my reprehensions.

Isaiah 1:3
The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master's crib: but Israel hath not known me, and my people hath not understood.

Jeremiah 5:27
As a net is full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit: therefore are they become great and enriched.

Jeremiah 8:5
Why then is this people in Jerusalem turned away with a stubborn revolting? they have laid hold on lying, and have refused to return.

Jeremiah 11:10
They are returned to the former iniquities of their fathers, who refused to hear my words: so these likewise have gone after strange gods, to serve them: the house of Israel, and the house of Juda have made void my covenant, which I made with their fathers.

Jeremiah 13:10
This wicked people, that will not hear my words, and that walk in the perverseness of their heart, and have gone after strange gods to serve them, and to adore them: and they shall be as this girdle ,which is fit for no use.

Lexicon
You dwell
שִׁבְתְּךָ֖ (šiḇ·tə·ḵā)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

in the midst
בְּת֣וֹךְ (bə·ṯō·wḵ)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 8432: A bisection, the centre

of deception;
מִרְמָ֑ה (mir·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4820: Deceit, treachery

in their deceit
בְּמִרְמָ֛ה (bə·mir·māh)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4820: Deceit, treachery

they refuse
מֵאֲנ֥וּ (mê·’ă·nū)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3985: To refuse

to know
דַֽעַת־ (ḏa·‘aṯ-)
Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's Hebrew 3045: To know

Me,”
אוֹתִ֖י (’ō·w·ṯî)
Direct object marker | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

declares
נְאֻם־ (nə·’um-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 5002: An oracle

the LORD.
יְהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
You dwell in the midst of deception; in their deceit they refuse to know Me,” declares the LORD.Your habitation is in the middle of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, said the LORD.

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

There is usury upon usury, and deceit upon deceit: they would not know me, saith the Lord.

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith Jehovah.

Thine habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, saith the LORD.

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.

thy dwelling is in the midst of deceit, Through deceit they refused to know Me, An affirmation of Jehovah.
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