Jer.8.1
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.8.1
"And when the time comes"--God's Decree!-"I'll see to it that they dig up the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the princes and priests and prophets, and yes, even the bones of the common people.
Jer.8.1
"'At that time, declares the LORD, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.
Jer.8.1
"At that time," says the LORD, "they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its 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.8.1
"In that day," says the LORD, "the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Judah, and the graves of the priests, prophets, and common people.
Jer.8.2
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.
Jer.8.2
They'll dig them up and spread them out like a congregation at worship before sun, moon, and stars, all those sky gods they've been so infatuated with all these years, following their "lucky stars' in doglike devotion. The bones will be left scattered and exposed, to reenter the soil as fertilizer, like manure.
Jer.8.2
They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped. They will not be gathered up or buried, but will be like refuse lying on the ground.
Jer.8.2
They shall spread them before the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served and after which they have walked, which they have sought and which they have worshiped. They shall not be gathered nor buried; they shall be like refuse on the face of the earth.
Jer.8.2
They will dig out their bones and spread them out on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars--the gods my people have loved, served, and worshiped. Their bones will not be gathered up again or buried but will be scattered on the ground like dung.
Jer.8.3
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.
Jer.8.3
"Everyone left--all from this evil generation unlucky enough to still be alive in whatever godforsaken place I will have driven them to--will wish they were dead." Decree of GOD-of-the-Angel-Armies.
Jer.8.3
Wherever I banish them, all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life, declares the LORD Almighty.'
Jer.8.3
Then death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them," says the LORD of hosts.
Jer.8.3
And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send them. I, the LORD Almighty, have spoken!
Jer.8.4
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
Jer.8.4
"Tell them this, GOD's Message: Do people fall down and not get up? Or take the wrong road and then just keep going?
Jer.8.4
"Say to them, 'This is what the LORD says: "'When men fall down, do they not get up? When a man turns away, does he not return?
Jer.8.4
"Moreover you shall say to them, "Thus says the LORD: "Will they fall and not rise? Will one turn away and not return?
Jer.8.4
"Jeremiah, say to the people, `This is what the LORD says: When people fall down, don't they get up again? When they start down the wrong road and discover their mistake, don't they turn back?
Jer.8.5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jer.8.5
So why does this people go backwards, and just keep on going--backwards! They stubbornly hold on to their illusions, refuse to change direction.
Jer.8.5
Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
Jer.8.5
Why has this people slidden back, Jerusalem, in a perpetual backsliding? They hold fast to deceit, They refuse to return.
Jer.8.5
Then why do these people keep going along their self-destructive path, refusing to turn back, even though I have warned them?
Jer.8.6
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.
Jer.8.6
I listened carefully but heard not so much as a whisper. No one expressed one word of regret. Not a single "I'm sorry" did I hear. They just kept at it, blindly and stupidly banging their heads against a brick wall.
Jer.8.6
I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?" Each pursues his own course like a horse charging into battle.
Jer.8.6
I listened and heard, But they do not speak aright. No man repented of his wickedness, Saying, "What have I done?' Everyone turned to his own course, As the horse rushes into the battle.
Jer.8.6
I listen to their conversations, and what do I hear? Is anyone sorry for sin? Does anyone say, "What a terrible thing I have done"? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse rushing into battle!
Jer.8.7
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.
Jer.8.7
Cranes know when it's time to move south for winter. And robins, warblers, and bluebirds know when it's time to come back again. But my people? My people know nothing, not the first thing of GOD and his rule.
Jer.8.7
Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
Jer.8.7
"Even the stork in the heavens Knows her appointed times; And the turtledove, the swift, and the swallow Observe the time of their coming. But My people do not know the judgment of the LORD.
Jer.8.7
The stork knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane. They all return at the proper time each year. But not my people! They do not know what the LORD requires of them.
Jer.8.8
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.
Jer.8.8
How can you say, "We know the score. We're the proud owners of GOD's revelation"? Look where it's gotten you--stuck in illusion. Your religion experts have taken you for a ride!
Jer.8.8
"'How can you say, "We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD," when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?
Jer.8.8
"How can you say, "We are wise, And the law of the LORD is with us'? Look, the false pen of the scribe certainly works falsehood.
Jer.8.8
" `How can you say, "We are wise because we have the law of the LORD," when your teachers have twisted it so badly?
Jer.8.9
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?
Jer.8.9
Your know-it--alls will be unmasked, caught and shown up for what they are. Look at them! They know everything but GOD's Word. Do you call that "knowing"?
Jer.8.9
The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what kind of wisdom do they have?
Jer.8.9
The wise men are ashamed, They are dismayed and taken. Behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD; So what wisdom do they have?
Jer.8.9
These wise teachers will be shamed by exile for their sin, for they have rejected the word of the LORD. Are they so wise after all?
Jer.8.10
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.
Jer.8.10
So here's what will happen to the know-it--alls: I'll make them wifeless and homeless. Everyone's after the dishonest dollar, little people and big people alike. Prophets and priests and everyone in-between twist words and doctor truth.
Jer.8.10
Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.
Jer.8.10
Therefore I will give their wives to others, And their fields to those who will inherit them; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is given to covetousness; From the prophet even to the priest Everyone deals falsely.
Jer.8.10
I will give their wives and their farms to others. From the least to the greatest, they trick others to get what does not belong to them. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that.
Jer.8.11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jer.8.11
My dear Daughter--my people--broken, shattered, and yet they put on band-aids, Saying, "It's not so bad. You'll be just fine." But things are not "just fine"!
Jer.8.11
They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. "Peace, peace," they say, when there is no peace.
Jer.8.11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of My people slightly, Saying, "Peace, peace!' When there is no peace.
Jer.8.11
They offer superficial treatments for my people's mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when all is war.
Jer.8.12
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.
Jer.8.12
Do you suppose they are embarrassed over this outrage? Not really. They have no shame. They don't even know how to blush. There's no hope for them. They've hit bottom and there's no getting up. As far as I'm concerned, they're finished.'" GOD has spoken. [JC]
Jer.8.12
Are they ashamed of their loathsome conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when they are punished, says the LORD.
Jer.8.12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No! They were not at all ashamed, Nor did they know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall; In the time of their punishment They shall be cast down," says the LORD.
Jer.8.12
Are they ashamed when they do these disgusting things? No, not at all--they don't even blush! Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered. They will be humbled when they are punished, says the LORD.
Jer.8.13
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.
Jer.8.13
I went out to see if I could salvage anything'" -GOD's Decree--but found nothing: Not a grape, not a fig, just a few withered leaves. I'm taking back everything I gave them.'"
Jer.8.13
"'I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine. There will be no figs on the tree, and their leaves will wither. What I have given them will be taken from them. '"
Jer.8.13
"I will surely consume them," says the LORD. "No grapes shall be on the vine, Nor figs on the fig tree, And the leaf shall fade; And the things I have given them shall pass away from them.""'
Jer.8.13
I will take away their rich harvests of figs and grapes. Their fruit trees will all die. All the good things I prepared for them will soon be gone. I, the LORD, have spoken!'
Jer.8.14
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.
Jer.8.14
So why are we sitting here, doing nothing? Let's get organized. Let's go to the big city and at least die fighting. We've gotten GOD's ultimatum: We're damned if we do and damned if we don't--damned because of our sin against him.
Jer.8.14
"Why are we sitting here? Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there! For the LORD our God has doomed us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.
Jer.8.14
"Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, And let us enter the fortified cities, And let us be silent there. For the LORD our God has put us to silence And given us water of gall to drink, Because we have sinned against the LORD.
Jer.8.14
"Then the people will say, `Why should we wait here to die? Come, let's go to the fortified cities to die there. For the LORD our God has decreed our destruction and has given us a cup of poison to drink because we sinned against the LORD.
Jer.8.15
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
Jer.8.15
We hoped things would turn out for the best, but it didn't happen that way. We were waiting around for healing--and terror showed up!
Jer.8.15
We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there was only terror.
Jer.8.15
"We looked for peace, but no good came; And for a time of health, and there was trouble!
Jer.8.15
We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.
Jer.8.16
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.
Jer.8.16
From Dan at the northern borders we hear the hooves of horses, Horses galloping, horses neighing. The ground shudders and quakes. They're going to swallow up the whole country. Towns and people alike--fodder for war.
Jer.8.16
The snorting of the enemy's horses is heard from Dan; at the neighing of their stallions the whole land trembles. They have come to devour the land and everything in it, the city and all who live there."
Jer.8.16
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 have come and devoured the land and all that is in it, The city and those who dwell in it."
Jer.8.16
The snorting of the enemies' warhorses can be heard all the way from the land of Dan in the north! The whole land trembles at the approach of the terrible army, for it is coming to devour the land and everything in it--cities and people alike.'
Jer.8.17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
Jer.8.17
What's more, I'm dispatching poisonous snakes among you, Snakes that can't be charmed, snakes that will bite you and kill you.'" GOD's Decree!
Jer.8.17
"See, I will send venomous snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they will bite you," declares the LORD.
Jer.8.17
"For behold, I will send serpents among you, Vipers which cannot be charmed, And they shall bite you," says the LORD.
Jer.8.17
"I will send these enemy troops among you like poisonous snakes you cannot charm," says the LORD. "No matter what you do, they will bite you, and you will die."
Jer.8.18
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
Jer.8.18
I drown in grief. I'm heartsick.
Jer.8.18
O my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
Jer.8.18
I would comfort myself in sorrow; My heart is faint in me.
Jer.8.18
My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken.
Jer.8.19
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?
Jer.8.19
Oh, listen! Please listen! It's the cry of my dear people reverberating through the country. Is GOD no longer in Zion? Has the King gone away? Can you tell me why they flaunt their plaything--gods, their silly, imported no-gods before me?
Jer.8.19
Listen to the cry of my people from a land far away: "Is the LORD not in Zion? Is her King no longer there?Why have they provoked me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?"
Jer.8.19
Listen! The voice, The cry of the daughter of my people From a far country: "Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her King in her?" "Why have they provoked Me to anger With their carved images-- With foreign idols?"
Jer.8.19
Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. "Has the LORD abandoned Jerusalem?" the people ask. "Is her King no longer there?Oh, why have they angered me with their carved idols and worthless gods?" asks the LORD.
Jer.8.20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Jer.8.20
The crops are in, the summer is over, but for us nothing's changed. We're still waiting to be rescued.
Jer.8.20
"The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved."
Jer.8.20
"The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved!"
Jer.8.20
"The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone," the people cry, "yet we are not saved!"
Jer.8.21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Jer.8.21
For my dear broken people, I'm heartbroken. I weep, seized by grief.
Jer.8.21
Since my people are crushed, I am crushed; I mourn, and horror grips me.
Jer.8.21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I am mourning; Astonishment has taken hold of me.
Jer.8.21
I weep for the hurt of my people. I am stunned and silent, mute with grief.
Jer.8.22
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jer.8.22
Are there no healing ointments in Gilead? Isn't there a doctor in the house? So why can't something be done to heal and save my dear, dear people? [JC]
Jer.8.22
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then is there no healing for the wound of my people?
Jer.8.22
Is there no balm in Gilead, Is there no physician there? Why then is there no recovery For the health of the daughter of my people?
Jer.8.22
Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?
