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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://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 NIV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></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="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NIV</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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New International Version</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/niv/esv/jeremiah/8.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>“ ‘At that time, declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like dung lying on the ground. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the <span class="name">Lord</span> Almighty.’</p> <p class="sectionhead">Sin and Punishment</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“Say to them, ‘This is what the <span class="name">Lord</span> says:</p><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“ ‘When people fall down, do they not get up?</p><p class="line2">When someone turns away, do they not return?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why then have these people turned away?</p><p class="line2">Why does Jerusalem always turn away?</p><p class="line1">They cling to deceit;</p><p class="line2">they refuse to return.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I have listened attentively,</p><p class="line2">but they do not say what is right.</p><p class="line1">None of them repent of their wickedness,</p><p class="line2">saying, “What have I done?”</p><p class="line1">Each pursues their own course</p><p class="line2">like a horse charging into battle.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Even the stork in the sky</p><p class="line2">knows her appointed seasons,</p><p class="line1">and the dove, the swift and the thrush</p><p class="line2">observe the time of their migration.</p><p class="line1">But my people do not know</p><p class="line2">the requirements of the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“ ‘How can you say, “We are wise,</p><p class="line2">for we have the law of the <span class="name">Lord</span>,”</p><p class="line1">when actually the lying pen of the scribes</p><p class="line2">has handled it falsely?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The wise will be put to shame;</p><p class="line2">they will be dismayed and trapped.</p><p class="line1">Since they have rejected the word of the <span class="name">Lord</span>,</p><p class="line2">what kind of wisdom do they have?</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore I will give their wives to other men</p><p class="line2">and their fields to new owners.</p><p class="line1">From the least to the greatest,</p><p class="line2">all are greedy for gain;</p><p class="line1">prophets and priests alike,</p><p class="line2">all practice deceit.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They dress the wound of my people</p><p class="line2">as though it were not serious.</p><p class="line1">“Peace, peace,” they say,</p><p class="line2">when there is no peace.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?</p><p class="line2">No, they have no shame at all;</p><p class="line2">they do not even know how to blush.</p><p class="line1">So they will fall among the fallen;</p><p class="line2">they will be brought down when they are punished,</p><p class="attribution">says the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“ ‘I will take away their harvest,</p><p class="attribution">declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p><p class="line2">There will be no grapes on the vine.</p><p class="line1">There will be no figs on the tree,</p><p class="line2">and their leaves will wither.</p><p class="line1">What I have given them</p><p class="line2">will be taken from them. <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.">a</a></sup></span> ’ ”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Why are we sitting here?</p><p class="line2">Gather together!</p><p class="line1">Let us flee to the fortified cities</p><p class="line2">and perish there!</p><p class="line1">For the <span class="name">Lord</span> our God has doomed us to perish</p><p class="line2">and given us poisoned water to drink,</p><p class="line2">because we have sinned against him.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>We hoped for peace</p><p class="line2">but no good has come,</p><p class="line1">for a time of healing</p><p class="line2">but there is only terror.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The snorting of the enemy’s horses</p><p class="line2">is heard from Dan;</p><p class="line1">at the neighing of their stallions</p><p class="line2">the whole land trembles.</p><p class="line1">They have come to devour</p><p class="line2">the land and everything in it,</p><p class="line2">the city and all who live there.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“See, I will send venomous snakes among you,</p><p class="line2">vipers that cannot be charmed,</p><p class="line2">and they will bite you,”</p><p class="attribution">declares the <span class="name">Lord</span>.</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>You who are my Comforter <span class="nivfootnote"><sup><a href="#footnotes" title="The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.">b</a></sup></span> in sorrow,</p><p class="line2">my heart is faint within me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Listen to the cry of my people</p><p class="line2">from a land far away:</p><p class="line1">“Is the <span class="name">Lord</span> not in Zion?</p><p class="line2">Is her King no longer there?”</p></div><div class="stanza"><p class="line1">“Why have they aroused my anger with their images,</p><p class="line2">with their worthless foreign idols?”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“The harvest is past,</p><p class="line2">the summer has ended,</p><p class="line2">and we are not saved.”</p></div> <div class="stanza"><p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Since my people are crushed, I am crushed;</p><p class="line2">I mourn, and horror grips me.</p> <p class="line1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>Is there no balm in Gilead?</p><p class="line2">Is there no physician there?</p><p class="line1">Why then is there no healing</p><p class="line2">for the wound of my people?</p></div><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="footnotes"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">a</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.</span><br><span class="nivfootnotesbot">b</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotebot">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span><br><hr size="1" 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