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Jeremiah 8:20
20“The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over, But we are not saved,” [comes the voice of the people again].
Jeremiah 8:20 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
- New International Version (NIV)“The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
- New King James Version (NKJV)“The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved!”
Context of Jeremiah 8:20
18Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing], My heart is sick and faint within me! 19Behold, [hear the sound of] the cry of the daughter of my people from the distant land [of Babylon]: “Is not the Lord in Zion? Is not her King within her?” [But the Lord answers] “Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign idols?” “The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over, But we are not saved,” [comes the voice of the people again]. 21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I (Jeremiah) am broken; I mourn, anxiety has gripped me. 22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?
Read all of Jeremiah 8Jeremiah 8:20 word by word
עָבַ֥ר קָצִ֖יר כָּ֣לָה קָ֑יִץ וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ ל֥וֹא נוֹשָֽׁעְנוּ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:20
- Proverbs 10:5He who gathers during summer and takes advantage of his opportunities is a son who acts wisely, But he who sleeps during harvest and ignores the moment of opportunity is a son who acts shamefully.
- Luke 13:25Once the head of the house gets up and closes the door, and you begin to stand outside and knock on the door [again and again], saying, ‘Lord, open to us!’ then He will answer you, ‘I do not know where you are from [for you are not of My household].’
- Luke 19:44and they will level you to the ground, you [Jerusalem] and your children within you. They will not leave in you one stone on another, all because you did not [come progressively to] recognize [from observation and personal experience] the time of your visitation [when God was gracious toward you and offered you salvation].”
- Hebrews 3:7Therefore, just as the Holy Spirit says, “Today if you hear His voice,
- Matthew 25:1“Then the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins, who took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 8:20
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20The harvest is past - The siege of Jerusalem lasted two years; for Nebuchadnezzar came against it in the ninth year of Zedekiah, and the city was taken in the eleventh; see 2 Kings 25:1-3. This seems to have been a proverb: "We expected deliverance the first year - none came. We hoped for it the second year - we are disappointed; we are not saved - no deliverance is come."Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 20The summer - Rather, the fruit-gathering, which follows the grain-harvest. The grain has failed; the fruit-gathering has also proved unproductive; so despair seized the people when they saw opportunities for their deliverance again and again pass by, until God seemed utterly to have forgotten them.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 14-22Verses 14-22 At length they begin to see the hand of God lifted up. And when God appears against us, every thing that is against us appears formidable. As salvation only can be found in the Lord, so the present moment should be seized. Is there no medicine proper for a sick and dying kingdom? Is there no skilful, faithful hand to apply the medicine? Yes, God is able to help and to heal them. If sinners die of their wounds, their blood is upon their own…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 20Instead of admitting their wrongdoing, the people gave in to hopelessness. The time for their salvation had passed, and they were not saved.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2020. Proverbial. Meaning: One season of hope after another has passed, but the looked-for deliverance never came, and now all hope is gone.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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