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Jeremiah 9:2

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2If only I had a traveler’s lodging place

in the wilderness,n

I would abandon my people

and depart from them,

for they are all adulterers,o

a solemn assembly of treacherous people.p

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Cross references

  1. n1Kg 19:9–10
  2. oJr 23:10; Hs 7:4; Mal 3:5
  3. pIs 24:16; 33:1; Jr 12:1

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Oh that I had in the desert

a travelers’ lodging place,

that I might leave my people

and go away from them!

For they are all adulterers,

a company of treacherous men.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Oh, that I had in the desert

a lodging place for travelers,

so that I might leave my people

and go away from them;

for they are all adulterers,

a crowd of unfaithful people.

NLTNew Living Translation

 Oh, that I could go away and forget my people

and live in a travelers’ shack in the desert.

For they are all adulterers—

a pack of treacherous liars.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Oh that I had in the desert a place of overnight lodging for travelers,

that I may leave my people and go from them,

for all of them are adulterers,

a band of traitors.

KJV 1900King James Version

Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men;

That I might leave my people, and go from them!

For they be all adulterers, an assembly of treacherous men.