Jer 8 | ABEn | STEP | In that time, says the lord , They shall bring forth the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of their prophets, and the bones of the ones dwelling in Jerusalem, from out of their burying-places.

Jeremiah 8

CHAPTER 8 Israel Refuses to Repent

1 In that time, says the lord, They shall bring forth the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of their prophets, and the bones of the ones dwelling in Jerusalem, from out of their burying-places. 2 And they shall freshen them to the sun, and to the moon, and to all the stars, and to all the military of the heaven, which they loved, and which they served, and whom they went after them, and whom they held to, and to whom they did obeisance to them. They shall not be lamented, and they shall not be entombed. And they will be for an example on the face of the earth. 3 For they took death rather than life, even to all the ones remaining to the ones being left behind from that generation, in every place of which ever I shall push them there. 4 For thus says the lord, Shall the one falling, not be raised up? or the one turning, not return? 5 Why turned this people [²rejection ¹in an impudent], and they hold firmly to their resolve, and they do not want to return? 6 Give ear indeed, and hearken! [²not ³rightly ¹Will they] speak? There is not a man repenting from his evil, saying, What did I do? [³stopped ¹The one ²running] from his race, as a horse sweating in his snorting. 7 Even the stork in the heaven knew her time, and the turtle-dove and the swallow of the field. The sparrows guard the times of their entrances. But my people knew not the judgments of the lord. 8 How shall you say that, [³wise ²are ¹We], and the law of the lord [²with ³us ¹is]? For [⁴vain ³became ²rush reed pen ¹the lying] to the scribes. 9 [²are ashamed ¹The wise men], terrified, and convicted; for the word of the lord they rejected; what wisdom is in them? 10 On account of this, I give their wives to others, and their fields to the heirs. For from small unto great all [²a fondness of money ¹pursue]. And from prophet unto priest all commit lies. 11 And treating the broken daughter of my people with dishonor, saying, Peace peace; and there was not peace. 12 They have been shamed, for [²an abomination ¹they did]. And with shame they were not ashamed, and to be ashamed they did not know. On account of this they shall fall in the midst of ones falling. In the time of his visit they shall fall, says the lord. 13 And they shall gather of their produce, says the lord. There is no grape on the grapevines, and there are no figs on the fig-trees, and the leaves have flown down. 14 For why do we sit? Come together, and we should enter into the [²cities ¹fortified], and we should be disowned there; for God disowned us, and gave us to drink water of bile, for we sinned before him. 15 We have gathered together for peace, and there were no good things in the time of healing, but behold, anxiety. 16 From out of Dan we shall hear the sound [²swift ³horses ¹of his]. From the sound of snorting of the ones riding his horses [⁴shall be shaken ¹all ²the ³land]. And he shall come and devour the land, and the fullness of it -- the city, and the ones dwelling in it. 17 For behold, I send out against you serpents putting to death, ones which are not charmed; and they shall bite you; 18 incurably with the grief of your heart being perplexed. 19 Behold, the sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land far off. [²the lord ³not ¹Is] in Zion? or [³king ²no ¹is] there? For they provoked me to anger by their idolatrous carvings, and by [²vanities ¹strange]. 20 [²went ¹Summer]; [²passed ¹harvest], and we have not been delivered. 21 Upon destruction of the daughter of my people I have been enveloped in darkness; in perplexity [²prevailed over ³me ¹pangs] as a woman giving birth. 22 And [³balm ²no ¹is] in Gilead? and [³physician ²no ¹Is] there? Why did [²not ³ascend ¹a healing] for the daughter of my people?