ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 8
1. At that time[H6256], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], they shall bring out[H3318] the bones[H6106] of the kings[H4428] of Judah[H3063], and the bones[H6106] of his princes[H8269], and the bones[H6106] of the priests[H3548], and the bones[H6106] of the prophets[H5030], and the bones[H6106] of the inhabitants[H3427] of Jerusalem[H3389], out of their graves[H6913];
2. and they shall spread[H7849] them before the sun[H8121], and the moon[H3394], and all the host[H6635] of heaven[H8064], which they have loved[H157], and which they have served[H5647], and after[H310] which they have walked[H1980], and which they have sought[H1875], and which they have worshipped[H7812]: they shall not be gathered[H622], nor be buried[H6912], they shall be for dung[H1828] upon the face[H6440] of the earth[H127].
3. And death[H4194] shall be chosen[H977] rather than life[H2416] by all the residue[H7611] that remain[H7604] of this evil[H7451] family[H4940], that remain[H7604] in all the places[H4725] whither I have driven[H5080] them[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068] of hosts[H6635].
4. Moreover thou shalt say[H559] unto them[H559], Thus saith Jehovah[H3068]: Shall men fall[H5307], and not rise[H6965] up again[H7725]? Shall one turn away, and not return[H7725]?
5. Why then is this people[H5971] of Jerusalem[H3389] slidden back[H7725] by a perpetual[H5329] backsliding[H4878]? they hold[H2388] fast deceit[H8649], they refuse[H3985] to return[H7725].
6. I hearkened[H7181] and heard[H8085], but they spake not aright[H1696]: no man[H376] repenteth[H5162] him of[H5921] his wickedness[H7451], saying[H559], What have I done[H6213]? every one turneth[H7725] to his course[H4794], as a horse[H5483] that rusheth[H7857] headlong in the battle[H4421].
7. Yea[H2624], the stork in the heavens[H8064] knoweth[H3045] her appointed times[H4150]; and the turtle-dove[H8449] and the swallow[H5693] and the crane[H5483] observe[H8104] the time[H6256] of their coming[H935]; but my people[H5971] know[H3045] not the law[H4941] of Jehovah[H3068].
8. How do ye say[H559], We are wise[H2450], and the law[H8451] of Jehovah[H3068] is with us[H403]? But, behold, the false[H8267] pen[H5842] of the scribes[H5608] hath wrought[H6213] falsely[H8267].
9. The wise[H2450] men are put to shame[H3001], they are dismayed[H2865] and taken[H3920]: lo[H3988], they have rejected the word[H1697] of Jehovah[H3068]; and what manner of wisdom is in them[H2451]?
10. Therefore will I give[H5414] their wives[H802] unto others[H312], and their fields[H7704] to them that shall possess[H3423] them[H6996]: for every one from the least even unto the greatest[H1419] is given[H1214] to covetousness[H1215]; from the prophet[H5030] even unto the priest[H3548] every one dealeth[H6213] falsely[H8267].
11. And they have healed[H7495] the hurt[H7667] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971] slightly[H7043], saying[H559], Peace[H7965], peace[H7965]; when there is no peace[H7965].
12. Were they ashamed[H3001] when they had committed[H6213] abomination[H8441]? nay[H954], they were not at all ashamed[H954], neither could[H3045] they blush[H3637]: therefore shall they fall[H5307] among them that fall[H5307]; in the time[H6256] of their visitation[H6486] they shall be cast down[H3782], saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068].
13. I will utterly[H622] consume[H5486] them[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068]: there shall be no grapes[H6025] on the vine[H1612], nor figs[H8384] on the fig-tree[H8384], and the leaf[H5929] shall fade[H5034]; and the things that I have given[H5414] them shall pass away from them[H5674].
14. Why do we sit still[H3427]? assemble[H622] yourselves[H935], and let us enter into the fortified[H4013] cities[H5892], and let us be silent[H1826] there[H3068]; for Jehovah our God[H430] hath put us to silence[H1826], and given us water[H4325] of gall[H7219] to drink[H8248], because we have sinned[H2398] against Jehovah[H3068].
15. We looked[H6960] for peace[H7965], but no good[H2896] came[H6256]; and for a time of healing[H4832], and[H1205], behold, dismay!
16. The snorting[H5170] of his horses[H5483] is heard[H8085] from Dan[H1835]: at the sound[H6963] of the neighing[H4684] of his strong ones[H47] the whole land[H776] trembleth[H7493]; for they are come[H935], and have devoured[H398] the land[H776] and all[H4393] that is in it[H5892]; the city and those that dwell therein[H3427].
17. For[H7971], behold, I will send serpents[H5175], adders[H6848], among you[H3908], which will not be charmed; and they shall bite[H5391] you[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
18. Oh that I could comfort[H4010] myself against sorrow[H3015]! my heart[H3820] is faint within me[H1742].
19. Behold[H6963], the voice of the cry[H7775] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971] from a land[H776] that is very far[H4801] off[H3068]: Is not Jehovah in Zion[H6726]? is not her King[H4428] in her[H3707]? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images[H6456], and with foreign[H5236] vanities[H1892]?
20. The harvest[H7105] is past[H5674], the summer[H7019] is ended[H3615], and we are not saved[H3467].
21. For the hurt[H7667] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971] am I hurt[H7665]: I mourn[H6937]; dismay[H8047] hath taken hold on me[H2388].
22. Is there no balm[H6875] in Gilead[H1568]? is there no physician[H7495] there[H3588]? why then is not the health[H724] of the daughter[H1323] of my people[H5971] recovered[H5927]?
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