Jeremiah 8

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1 “At that time,” says YHWH, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves. Jeremiah 8:1WEB
2 They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth. Jeremiah 8:2WEB
3 Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says YHWH of Armies. Jeremiah 8:3WEB
4 “Moreover you shall tell them, ‘YHWH says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return? Jeremiah 8:4WEB
5 Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return. Jeremiah 8:5WEB
6 I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle. Jeremiah 8:6WEB
7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know YHWH’s law. Jeremiah 8:7WEB
8 “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and YHWH’s law is with us?” But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie. Jeremiah 8:8WEB
9 The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected YHWH’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them? Jeremiah 8:9WEB
10 Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely. Jeremiah 8:10WEB
11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace. Jeremiah 8:11WEB
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says YHWH. Jeremiah 8:12WEB
13 “‘I will utterly consume them, says YHWH. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’” Jeremiah 8:13WEB
14 “Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for YHWH our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against YHWH. Jeremiah 8:14WEB
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay! Jeremiah 8:15WEB
16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.” Jeremiah 8:16WEB
17 “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says YHWH. Jeremiah 8:17WEB
18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me. Jeremiah 8:18WEB
19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t YHWH in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?” Jeremiah 8:19WEB
20 “The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.” Jeremiah 8:20WEB
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me. Jeremiah 8:21WEB
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered? Jeremiah 8:22WEB

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