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The Tongue as a Deadly Weapon
Commentators emphasize that the tongue is not just untruthful but is compared to a "murderous" or "sharpened" arrow. This powerful imagery highlights how deceitful words are not harmless; they are weapons intentionally used to inflict deep, deadly injury on others, whether through slander, gossip, or treachery.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 9:2–9
18th Century
Theologian
From their punishment the prophet now turns to their sins.
(Jeremiah 9:2) The prophet utters the wish that he might be spared hi…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 9:8
19th Century
Bishop
An arrow shot out. —Better, an arrow that pierces, or slays.
In heart. —More literally, <…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 9:7–8
19th Century
Preacher
Do you wonder that Jeremiah wept? With such a true spirit, so tender and sympathetic, he could not bear it when man had become man's worst enemy, a…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 9:8
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet again complains of the deceitfulness of their tongues; and he compares them to deadly or drawn-out arrows. Gold is said to be drawn out…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 9:8
17th Century
Pastor
Their tongue is as an arrow shot out
As an arrow out of a bow, which moves swiftly, and comes with great force; or, …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 9:1–11
17th Century
Minister
Jeremiah wept much, yet wished he could weep more, that he might rouse the people to a due sense of the hand of God. But even the desert, without c…