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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jeremiah 8 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/8.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Jeremiah 8</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/7.htm" title="Jeremiah 7">◄</a> Jeremiah 8 <a href="../jeremiah/9.htm" title="Jeremiah 9">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap">1Then the bones of the dead kings of Judah and their officials will be dug up, along with the bones of the priests, the prophets, and everyone else in Jerusalem 2who loved and worshiped the sun, moon, and stars. These bones will be scattered and left lying on the ground like trash, where the sun and moon and stars can shine on them.3Some of you people of Judah will be left alive, but I will force you to go to foreign countries, and you will wish you were dead. I, the Lord God All-Powerful, have spoken.<h3 class="s1">The People Took the Wrong Road</h3>4The Lord said:People of Jerusalem,when you stumble and fall,you get back up,and if you take a wrong road,you turn around and go back.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.8.4!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> 5So why do you refuseto come back to me?Why do you hold so tightlyto your false gods?6I listen carefully,but none of you admitthat you've done wrong.Without a second thought,you run down the wrong road<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.8.6!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> like horses running blindlyinto battle.7Storks, doves, swallows,and thrushesall know when it's timeto fly away for the winterand when to come back.But you, my people,don't know what I demand.8You say, “We are wisebecause we have the teachingsand laws of the Lord.”But I say that your teachershave turned my wordsinto lies!9Your wise menhave rejected what I say,and so they have no wisdom.Now they will be trappedand put to shame;they won't know what to do.10<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.8.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> I'll give their wives and fieldsto strangers.Everyone is greedy and dishonest,whether poor or rich.Even the prophets and priestscannot be trusted.11<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.8.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"></a> All they ever offerto my deeply wounded peopleare empty hopes for peace.12They should be ashamedof the way they live,but they don't even blush.And so, when I punish Judah,they will end up on the ground,dead like everyone else.13I will wipe them out.<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.8.13!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> They are vines without grapes;fig trees without figs or leaves.They have not done a thingthat I told them!<a href="#fn" id="link_Jer.8.13!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> I, the Lord, have spoken.<h3 class="s1">The People and Their Punishment</h3>14The people of Judahsay to each other,“What are we waiting for?Let's run to a town with wallsand die there.We rebelled against the Lord,and we were sentenced to dieby drinking poison.15We had hoped for peaceand a time of healing,but all we got was terror.16Our enemies have reachedthe town of Dan in the north,and the snorting of their horsesmakes us tremble with fear.The enemy will destroy Jerusalemand our entire nation.No one will survive.”17“Watch out!” the Lord says.“I'm sending poisonous snakesto attack you,and no one can stop them.”<h3 class="s1">Jeremiah Mourns for His People</h3>18I'm burdened with sorrowand feel like giving up.19In a foreign landmy people are crying.Listen! You'll hear them say,“Has the Lord deserted Zion?Is he no longer its king?”I hear the Lord reply,“Why did you make me angryby worshiping useless idols?”20The people complain,“Spring and summerhave come and gone,but still the Lordhasn't rescued us.”21My people are crushed,and so is my heart.I am horrified and mourn.22If medicine and doctorsmay be found in Gilead,why aren't my people healed?</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.4 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">if you take … go back: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.6 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">you run down the wrong road: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">I will wipe them out: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">8.13 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">They have not … them: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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