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Jer_9:4 Take ye heed every one of his neighbour, and trust ye not in any brother: for every brother will utterly supplant, and every neighbour will walk with slanders.
Ver. 4. Take ye heed every one of his neighbour.] Since there is scarce any to be trusted. The poets tell us, that when Pallas had taught people to build a house, Momus found this fault with it, that it was fixed to a place and not set upon wheels; to the end that if men liked not their neighbourhood, they might remove at pleasure. A good neighbour is a rare bird. {a}
And trust ye not in any brother.] See Mic_7:5-6, with the notes.
For every brother will utterly supplant.] {b} Singula verba hic habent pondus et pathos ingens. Here each word hath its weight, each syllable its substance.
{a} Non hospes ab hospite tutus. No guest is entertained by a host. - Ovid.
{b} Fratrum quoque gratia rata est. - Ovid.