Jeremiah 9:5

9:5 One friend deceives another

and no one tells the truth.

These people have trained themselves 1  to tell lies.

They do wrong and are unable to repent.

Jeremiah 39:12

39:12 “Find Jeremiah 2  and look out for him. 3  Do not do anything to harm him, 4  but do with him whatever he tells you.”

1 tn Heb “their tongues.” However, this is probably not a natural idiom in contemporary English and the tongue may stand as a part for the whole anyway.

2 tn Heb “Get [or fetch] him.” The referent is supplied for clarity.

3 tn Or “take care of him”; Heb “set your eyes on him.” For the meaning of this idiom see BDB 963 s.v. שִׂים 2.c and compare 24:6 where the phrase “for good” is added.

4 tn Heb “Don’t do anything evil [= harmful] to him.”