Jeremiah 8
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The remains of the dead put out
Verse 1
WEB At that time, says Yahweh, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;
KJV At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
TSK At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:: jer 7:32-34, 1ki 13:2, 2ki 23:16,20, 2ch 34:4,5, eze 6:5, eze 37:1, am 2:1
Verse 2
WEB and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
KJV And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
TSK and all: jer 19:13, jer 44:17-19, de 4:19, de 17:3, 2ki 17:16, 2ki 21:3,5, 2ki 23:5, 2ch 33:3-5, eze 8:16, zep 1:5, ac 7:42; they shall be: jer 9:22, jer 16:4, jer 22:19, jer 36:30, 2ki 9:36,37, ps 83:10, ec 6:3, zep 1:17
Verse 3
WEB Death shall 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 Yahweh of Armies.
KJV And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
TSK death: jer 20:14-18, 1ki 19:4, job 3:20-22, job 7:15,16, jon 4:3, re 6:16, re 9:6; in all: jer 23:3,8, jer 29:14,28, jer 32:36,37, jer 40:12, de 30:1,4, da 9:7
The stupidity of the people, compared with the instinct of the brute making of all things
Verse 4
WEB Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?
KJV Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
TSK Shall they: pr 24:16, ho 14:1, am 5:2, mic 7:8; turn: jer 3:1,22, jer 4:1, jer 23:14, jer 36:3, 1ki 8:38, isa 44:22, isa 55:7, eze 18:23, ho 6:1, ho 7:10
Verse 5
WEB Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
KJV Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
TSK slidden: jer 2:32, jer 3:11-14, jer 7:24-26, ho 4:16, ho 11:7; they hold: jer 9:6, pr 4:13, isa 30:10, isa 44:20, 1th 5:21, 2th 2:9-12, re 2:25; they refuse: jer 5:3, isa 1:20, zec 7:11, joh 5:40, heb 12:25
Verse 6
WEB I listened and heard, but they didn’t speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
KJV I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
TSK hearkened: job 33:27,28, ps 14:2, isa 30:18, mal 3:16, 2pe 3:9; no: jer 5:1, isa 59:16, eze 22:30, mic 7:2; saying: job 10:2, eze 18:28, hag 1:5,7, lu 15:17-19; as: jer 2:24,25, job 39:19-25
Verse 7
WEB Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.
KJV Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
TSK stork: pr 6:6-8, isa 1:3; turtle: so 2:12; people: jer 5:4, isa 1:3, isa 5:12; know: jer 5:4,5
Verse 8
WEB How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
KJV How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
TSK We: job 5:12,13, job 11:12, job 12:20, joh 9:41, ro 1:22, ro 2:17-29, 1co 3:18-20; the law: ps 147:19, ho 8:12; Lo: mt 15:6; in vain, etc: pr 17:6, isa 10:1,2
Verse 9
WEB The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what kind of wisdom is in them?
KJV The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?
TSK The wise men are: jer 6:15, jer 49:7, job 5:12, isa 19:11, eze 7:26, 1co 1:26-29; lo: de 4:6, ps 19:7, ps 119:98-100, isa 8:20, 1co 1:18-29, 2ti 3:15
Verse 10
WEB Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall possess them: for everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest every one deals falsely.
KJV Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
TSK will I: jer 6:12, de 28:30-32, am 5:11, zep 1:13; for: jer 6:13, isa 56:10-12, eze 33:31, mic 3:5,11, tit 1:7,11, 2pe 2:1-3; from the prophet: jer 5:31, jer 23:11-17,25,26, jer 32:32, isa 28:7, la 4:13, eze 22:27,28
Verse 11
WEB They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
KJV For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
TSK they: jer 6:14, jer 14:14,15, jer 27:9,10, jer 28:3-9, 1ki 22:6,13, la 2:14, eze 13:10-16,22, mic 2:11
Verse 12
WEB Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among those who fall; in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says Yahweh.
KJV Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
TSK ashamed when: jer 3:3, jer 6:15, ps 52:1,7, isa 3:9, zep 3:5, php 3:19; therefore: isa 9:13-17, isa 24:2, eze 22:25-31, ho 4:5,6; in the: de 32:35, ho 5:9
Verse 13
WEB I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh: no grapes shall be on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
KJV I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
TSK I will surely consume: isa 24:21,22, eze 22:19-21, eze 24:3-11; there: le 26:20, de 28:39-42, isa 5:4-6,10, ho 2:8,9, joe 1:7,10-12, hab 3:17, hag 1:11, hag 2:17, mt 21:19, lu 13:6-9; the leaf: jer 17:8, ps 1:3,4, jas 1:11
The alarm of the invasion, and lamentation
Verse 14
WEB Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
KJV Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the LORD our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.
TSK do: 2ki 7:3,4; enter: jer 4:5,6, jer 35:11, 2sa 20:6; be silent: le 10:3, ps 39:2, la 3:27,28, am 6:10, hab 2:20, zec 2:13; water: jer 9:15, jer 23:15, nu 5:18-24, de 32:32, ps 69:21, la 3:19, mt 27:34
Verse 15
WEB We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
KJV We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
TSK We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!: jer 4:10, jer 14:19, mic 1:12, 1th 5:3
Verse 16
WEB The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan: at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it; the city and those who dwell therein.
KJV The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
TSK was heard: jer 4:15,16, jud 18:29, jud 20:1; the whole: jer 4:24, hab 3:10; at the: jer 6:23, jer 47:3, jud 5:22, na 1:4,5, na 3:2; all that is in it: ps 24:1, 1co 10:26,28
Verse 17
WEB For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed; and they shall bite you, says Yahweh.
KJV For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
TSK I will: de 32:24, isa 14:29, am 5:19, am 9:3, re 9:19; which: ps 58:4,5, ec 10:11
Verse 18
WEB Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
KJV When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
TSK my: jer 6:24, jer 10:19-22, job 7:13,14, isa 22:4, la 1:16,17, da 10:16,17, hab 3:16
Verse 19
WEB Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: isn’t Yahweh in Zion? Isn’t her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign vanities?
KJV Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
TSK the voice: jer 4:16,17,30,31, isa 13:5, isa 39:3; the Lord: jer 14:19, jer 31:6, ps 135:21, isa 12:6, isa 52:1, joe 2:32, joe 3:21, ob 1:17, re 2:1; her king: ps 146:10, ps 149:2, isa 33:22; Why: jer 8:5,6, de 32:16-21, isa 1:4
Verse 20
WEB The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
KJV The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
TSK The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.: pr 10:5, lu 13:25, lu 19:44, heb 3:7-15, mt 25:1-12
Verse 21
WEB For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt: I mourn; dismay has taken hold on me.
KJV For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
TSK the hurt: jer 4:19, jer 9:1, jer 14:17, jer 17:16, ne 2:3, ps 137:3-6, lu 19:41, ro 9:1-3; I am: so 1:5,6, joe 2:6, na 2:10
Verse 22
WEB Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
KJV Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
TSK no balm: jer 46:11, jer 51:8, ge 37:25, ge 43:11; no physician: mt 9:11,12, lu 5:31,32, lu 8:43; why: jer 30:12-17; recovered: isa 1:5,6