Jeremiah 8 - New International Version (NIV)

8 “‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones(A) of the people of Jerusalem will be removed(B) from their graves. 2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(C) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(D) They will not be gathered up or buried,(E) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(F) 3 Wherever I banish them,(G) all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life,(H) declares the Lord Almighty.’

Sin and Punishment

4 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?(I)
When someone turns away,(J) do they not return?
5 Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(K)
they refuse to return.(L)
6 I have listened(M) attentively,
but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent(N) of their wickedness,
saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course(O)
like a horse charging into battle.
7 Even the stork in the sky
knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know(P)
the requirements of the Lord.

8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise,
for we have the law(Q) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
has handled it falsely?
9 The wise(R) will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed(S) and trapped.(T)
Since they have rejected the word(U) of the Lord,
what kind of wisdom(V) do they have?
10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men
and their fields to new owners.(W)
From the least to the greatest,
all are greedy for gain;(X)
prophets(Y) and priests alike,
all practice deceit.(Z)
11 They dress the wound of my people
as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
when there is no peace.(AA)
12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
No, they have no shame(AB) at all;
they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
they will be brought down when they are punished,(AC)
says the Lord.(AD)

13 “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
There will be no grapes on the vine.(AE)
There will be no figs(AF) on the tree,
and their leaves will wither.(AG)
What I have given them
will be taken(AH) from them.[a]’”

14 Why are we sitting here?
Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities(AI)
and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
and given us poisoned water(AJ) to drink,
because we have sinned(AK) against him.
15 We hoped for peace(AL)
but no good has come,
for a time of healing
but there is only terror.(AM)
16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses(AN)
is heard from Dan;(AO)
at the neighing of their stallions
the whole land trembles.(AP)
They have come to devour(AQ)
the land and everything in it,
the city and all who live there.

17 “See, I will send venomous snakes(AR) among you,
vipers that cannot be charmed,(AS)
and they will bite you,”
declares the Lord.

18 You who are my Comforter[b] in sorrow,
my heart is faint(AT) within me.
19 Listen to the cry of my people
from a land far away:(AU)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
Is her King(AV) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused(AW) my anger with their images,
with their worthless(AX) foreign idols?”(AY)

20 “The harvest is past,
the summer has ended,
and we are not saved.”

21 Since my people are crushed,(AZ) I am crushed;
I mourn,(BA) and horror grips me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(BB)
Is there no physician(BC) there?
Why then is there no healing(BD)
for the wound of my people?

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
  2. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 8:1 : S Ps 53:5
  2. Jeremiah 8:1 : S Isa 14:19
  3. Jeremiah 8:2 : S 2Ki 23:5; Jer 19:13; Zep 1:5; Ac 7:42
  4. Jeremiah 8:2 : S Job 31:27
  5. Jeremiah 8:2 : Jer 14:16; Eze 29:5; 37:1
  6. Jeremiah 8:2 : S 2Ki 9:37; Jer 31:40; 36:30
  7. Jeremiah 8:3 : Dt 29:28
  8. Jeremiah 8:3 : S Job 3:22; Rev 9:6
  9. Jeremiah 8:4 : Pr 24:16; Mic 7:8
  10. Jeremiah 8:4 : Ps 119:67; Jer 31:19
  11. Jeremiah 8:5 : S Jer 5:27
  12. Jeremiah 8:5 : Zec 7:11
  13. Jeremiah 8:6 : Mal 3:16
  14. Jeremiah 8:6 : Rev 9:20
  15. Jeremiah 8:6 : Ps 14:1-3
  16. Jeremiah 8:7 : S Dt 32:28; S Jer 4:22
  17. Jeremiah 8:8 : Ro 2:17
  18. Jeremiah 8:9 : S Isa 29:14
  19. Jeremiah 8:9 : S 2Ki 19:26
  20. Jeremiah 8:9 : S Job 5:13
  21. Jeremiah 8:9 : S Jer 6:19
  22. Jeremiah 8:9 : Pr 1:7; 1Co 1:20
  23. Jeremiah 8:10 : S Jer 6:12
  24. Jeremiah 8:10 : S Isa 56:11
  25. Jeremiah 8:10 : Jer 14:14; La 2:14
  26. Jeremiah 8:10 : Jer 23:11, 15
  27. Jeremiah 8:11 : ver 15; S Jer 4:10; Eze 7:25
  28. Jeremiah 8:12 : S Jer 3:3
  29. Jeremiah 8:12 : Ps 52:5-7; Isa 3:9
  30. Jeremiah 8:12 : S Jer 6:15
  31. Jeremiah 8:13 : Hos 2:12; Joel 1:7
  32. Jeremiah 8:13 : Lk 13:6
  33. Jeremiah 8:13 : Mt 21:19
  34. Jeremiah 8:13 : S Jer 5:17
  35. Jeremiah 8:14 : S Jos 10:20; Jer 35:11
  36. Jeremiah 8:14 : S Dt 29:18; Jer 9:15; 23:15
  37. Jeremiah 8:14 : Jer 14:7, 20; Da 9:5
  38. Jeremiah 8:15 : S ver 11
  39. Jeremiah 8:15 : S Job 19:8; Jer 14:19
  40. Jeremiah 8:16 : S Jer 4:29
  41. Jeremiah 8:16 : S Ge 30:6
  42. Jeremiah 8:16 : Jer 51:29
  43. Jeremiah 8:16 : S Jer 5:17
  44. Jeremiah 8:17 : Nu 21:6; S Dt 32:24
  45. Jeremiah 8:17 : S Ps 58:5; S Isa 3:3
  46. Jeremiah 8:18 : La 5:17
  47. Jeremiah 8:19 : Dt 28:64; Jer 9:16
  48. Jeremiah 8:19 : Mic 4:9
  49. Jeremiah 8:19 : Jer 44:3
  50. Jeremiah 8:19 : S Isa 41:24
  51. Jeremiah 8:19 : S Dt 32:21
  52. Jeremiah 8:21 : S Ps 94:5
  53. Jeremiah 8:21 : Ps 78:40; Isa 43:24; Jer 4:19; 10:19; 14:17; 30:14; La 2:13; Eze 6:9
  54. Jeremiah 8:22 : S Ge 37:25
  55. Jeremiah 8:22 : Job 13:4
  56. Jeremiah 8:22 : S Isa 1:6; Jer 30:12

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