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Their bones<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:2 Lit. They">b</a></span> won’t be collected, nor will they be buried. They’ll be like dung on the surface of the ground.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“In all the places where the people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:3 Lit. they">c</a></span> remain, where I’ve banished them, death will be chosen over life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family,” declares the LORD of the Heavenly Armies.</p> <p class="heading">A Stubborn People</p><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“You are to say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says:</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop">“Will a person fall down and then not get up?</p> <p class="poetry2">Will someone turn away<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:4 Or repent">d</a></span> and then not turn back again?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:4 Or not repent">e</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Why has this people turned away?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:5 Lit. people committed apostasy">f</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">Why does Jerusalem continue in apostasy?</p> <p class="poetry2">They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>I’ve listened and I’ve heard,</p> <p class="poetry2">and what they say is not right.</p> <p class="poetry2">No one repents of his evil and says,</p> <p class="poetry2">‘What have I done?’</p> <p class="poetry2">“They all turn to their own course</p> <p class="poetry2">like a horse racing into battle.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the dove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time for migration.</p> <p class="poetry2">But my people don’t know</p> <p class="poetry2">the requirements<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:7 i.e. the behavior God expects of his people">g</a></span> of the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>How can you say, ‘We’re wise,</p> <p class="poetry2">and the Law of the LORD is with us,’</p> <p class="poetry2">when, in fact, the deceitful pen of the scribe has made it</p> <p class="poetry2">into something that deceives.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>The wise men will be put to shame.</p> <p class="poetry2">They’ll be dismayed and taken captive.</p> <p class="poetry2">Look, they have rejected the message from the LORD!</p> <p class="poetry2">So what kind of wisdom do they have?</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Therefore, I’ll give their wives to others,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their fields to new owners.</p> <p class="poetry2">Indeed, from the least important to the most important,</p> <p class="poetry2">they’re all greedy for dishonest gain.</p> <p class="poetry2">From prophet to priest,</p> <p class="poetry2">they all act deceitfully.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>They have treated my people’s<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:11 Lit. of the daughter of my people">h</a></span> wound</p> <p class="poetry2">superficially, telling them, ‘Peace, peace,’</p> <p class="poetry2">when there is no peace.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Are they ashamed because they have done</p> <p class="poetry2">what is repugnant to God?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:12 Lit. committed an abomination">i</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry2">They weren’t ashamed at all;</p> <p class="poetry2">they don’t even know how to blush!</p> <p class="poetry2">Therefore they’ll fall with those who fall.</p> <p class="poetry2">When I punish them, they’ll be brought down,”</p> <p class="poetry2">says the LORD.</p> <p class="poetry1 margintop"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“I would have gathered them,”</p> <p class="poetry2">declares the LORD,</p> <p class="poetry2">“but there were no grapes on the vine,</p> <p class="poetry2">and no figs on the fig tree,</p> <p class="poetry2">and their leaves were withered.</p> <p class="poetry2">What I’ve given them has been taken away.”’”</p> <p class="heading">The People Respond</p><p class="poetry1"><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="poetry2">Join together! Let’s go to the fortified cities</p> <p class="poetry2">and perish there!</p> <p class="poetry2">For the LORD our God has condemned us to perish</p> <p class="poetry2">and given us poisoned water to drink,</p> <p class="poetry2">because we have sinned against him.<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:14 Lit. the LORD">j</a></span> </p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>We waited for peace, but no good has come,</p> <p class="poetry2">for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.</p> <p class="heading">The LORD’s Warning</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan.</p> <p class="poetry2">At the neighing of their stallions,</p> <p class="poetry2">the whole earth quakes.</p> <p class="poetry2">They’re coming to devour</p> <p class="poetry2">the land and all it contains,</p> <p class="poetry2">the city and all who live in it.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Look, I’ll send snakes among you,</p> <p class="poetry2">vipers that cannot be charmed,</p> <p class="poetry2">and they’ll bite you.”</p> <p class="heading">Jeremiah Mourns for His People</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me,</p> <p class="poetry2">my heart is sick within me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>Listen! My people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:19 Lit. the daughter of my people">k</a></span> cry</p> <p class="poetry2">from a distant land:</p> <p class="poetry2">“Is the LORD no longer in Zion?</p> <p class="poetry2">Is her king no longer there?”</p> <p class="heading">The LORD Speaks</p><p class="poetry2">“Why did they provoke me to anger with their images,</p> <p class="poetry2">with their worthless foreign gods?”</p> <p class="heading">The People Speak</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>The harvest is past,</p> <p class="poetry2">the summer has ended,</p> <p class="poetry2">and we haven’t been delivered.</p> <p class="heading">The Prophet Mourns</p><p class="poetry1"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/jeremiah/8-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Because my people<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:21 Lit. the daughter of my people">l</a></span> are crushed, I’m crushed.</p> <p class="poetry2">I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.</p> <p class="poetry1"><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="poetry2">Is there no physician there?</p> <p class="poetry2">So why is there no healing for my people?<span class="fn"><a href="#ftn" title="8:22 Lit. daughter of my people">m</a></span> </p><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><A name="ftn"></a><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn1"><span class="fnb">a</span> 8:2 Or <i>worshipped</i><br /><span class="fnb">b</span> 8:2 Lit. <i>They</i><br /><span class="fnb">c</span> 8:3 Lit. <i>they</i><br /><span class="fnb">d</span> 8:4 Or <i>repent</i><br /><span class="fnb">e</span> 8:4 Or <i>not repent</i><br /><span class="fnb">f</span> 8:5 Lit. <i>people committed apostasy</i><br /><span class="fnb">g</span> 8:7 i.e. the behavior God expects of his people<br /><span class="fnb">h</span> 8:11 Lit. <i>of the daughter of my people</i><br /><span class="fnb">i</span> 8:12 Lit. <i>committed an abomination</i><br /><span class="fnb">j</span> 8:14 Lit. <i>the LORD</i><br /><span class="fnb">k</span> 8:19 Lit. <i>the daughter of my people</i><br /><span class="fnb">l</span> 8:21 Lit. <i>the daughter of my people</i><br /><span class="fnb">m</span> 8:22 Lit. <i>daughter of my people</i><br /></span><br><br><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><div align="center"><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1<br />Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation<br />ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../jeremiah/7.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 7"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 7" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../jeremiah/9.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 9"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 9" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/jeremiah/8-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><script async src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/js/adsbygoogle.js"></script>  <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:block" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="6710025936" data-ad-format="auto"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 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