Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 8

1“At thatH1931 timeH6256,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, “the bonesH6106 of the kingsH4428 of JudahH3063 , the bonesH6106 of the officialsH8269 , the bonesH6106 of the priestsH3548 , the bonesH6106 of the prophetsH5030 , and the bonesH6106 of the peopleH3427 of JerusalemH3389 will be removedH3318 from their gravesH6913. 2They will be exposedH7849 to the sunH8121 and moonH3394, and to allH3605 the hostH6635 of heavenH8064 whichH834 they have lovedH157 , servedH5647 , followedH1980 H310 , consultedH1875 , and worshipedH7812. Their bones will notH3808 be gathered upH622 or buriedH6912, but will becomeH1961 like dungH1828 lying onH5921 H6440 the groundH127. 3And whereverH3605 H4725 H7604 I have banished themH5080 H8033 , the remnantH7611 of thisH2063 evilH7451 familyH4940 will chooseH977 deathH4194 overH4480 lifeH2416,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068 of HostsH6635.

4So you are to tellH559 themH413 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 saysH559:

“Do men fallH5307 and notH3808 get up againH6965 H518?Does one turn awayH7725 and notH3808 returnH7725?5WhyH4069 then have theseH2088 peopleH5971 turned awayH7725?Why does JerusalemH3389 always turn awayH4878 H5329?They clingH2388 to deceitH8649;they refuseH3985 to returnH7725.6I have listenedH7181 and heardH8085;they do notH3808 speakH1696 what is rightH3651.NoH369 oneH376 repentsH5162 of hisH5921 wickednessH7451,askingH559, ‘WhatH4100 have I doneH6213?’EveryoneH3605 has pursuedH7725 his own courseH4794like a horseH5483 chargingH7857 into battleH4421.7EvenH1571 the storkH2624 in the skyH8064knowsH3045 her appointed seasonsH4150.The turtledoveH8449, the swiftH5483, and the thrushH5693 1keepH8104 their timeH6256 of migrationH935,but My peopleH5971 do notH3808 knowH3045 the requirementsH4941 of the LORDH3068.

8HowH349 can you sayH559, ‘WeH587 are wiseH2450,and the LawH8451 of the LORDH3068 is with usH854,’when in factH403 H2009 the lyingH8267 penH5842 of the scribesH5608has producedH6213 a deceptionH8267?9The wiseH2450 will be put to shameH954;they will be dismayedH2865 and trappedH3920.SinceH2009 they have rejectedH3988 the wordH1697 of the LORDH3068,whatH4100 wisdomH2451 do they really have?

10ThereforeH3651 I will giveH5414 their wivesH802 to other menH312and their fieldsH7704 to new ownersH3423.ForH3588 from the leastH6996 of them toH5704 the greatestH1419,allH3605 are greedyH1214 for gainH1215;from prophetH5030 toH5704 priestH3548,allH3605 practiceH6213 deceitH8267.11They dressH7495 the woundH7667 of the daughterH1323 of My peopleH5971 H5921with very little careH7043,sayingH559, ‘PeaceH7965, peaceH7965,’when there is noH369 peaceH7965 at all.12Are they ashamedH954 of the abominationH3588 they have committedH6213?NoH1571, they have noH3808 shameH954 at allH954;they do not evenH3808 know howH3045 to blushH3637.SoH3651 they will fallH5307 among the fallenH5307;whenH6256 I punish themH6486, they will collapseH3782,saysH559 the LORDH3068.

The People Respond

13I will take away their harvestH622 H5486, declaresH5002 the LORDH3068. There will be noH369 grapesH6025 on the vineH1612, norH369 figsH8384 on the treeH8384, and even the leafH5929 will witherH5034. Whatever I have givenH5414 them will be lost to themH5674.”

14WhyH5921 H4100 are weH587 just sitting hereH3427?Gather togetherH622,let us fleeH935 toH413 the fortifiedH4013 citiesH5892 and perishH1826 thereH8033,forH3588 the LORDH3068 our GodH430 has doomed usH1826.He has given us poisonedH7219 waterH4325 to drinkH8248,becauseH3588 we have sinnedH2398 against the LORDH3068.15We hopedH6960 for peaceH7965,but noH369 goodH2896 has come,for a timeH6256 of healingH4832,but thereH2009 was only terrorH1205.

16The snortingH5170 of enemy horsesH5483is heardH8085 from DanH1835.At the soundH6963 of the neighingH4684 of mighty steedsH47,the wholeH3605 landH776 quakesH7493.They comeH935 to devourH398 the landH776 and everything in itH4393,the cityH5892 and all who dwellH3427 in it.

17“ForH3588 beholdH2005, I will sendH7971 snakesH5175 among you, vipersH6848 thatH834 cannotH369 be charmedH3908, and they will biteH5391 youH853,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.

18My sorrowH3015 is beyondH5921 healingH4010;2my heartH3820 is faintH1742 within meH5921.19 ListenH6963 to the cryH7775 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971from a land far awayH4801 H776:

“Is the LORDH3068 noH369 longer in ZionH6726?Is herH518 KingH4428 no longerH369 there?”

“WhyH4069 have they provoked Me to angerH3707with their carved imagesH6456,with their worthless foreignH5236 idolsH1892?”

20“The harvestH7105 has passedH5674, the summerH7019 has endedH3615,but weH587 have notH3808 been savedH3467.”

21ForH5921 the brokennessH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 I am crushedH7665.I mournH6937; horrorH8047 has gripped meH2388.22Is there noH369 balmH6875 in GileadH1568 H518?Is noH369 physicianH7495 thereH8033?WhyH4069 thenH3588 has the healthH724 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971notH3808 been restoredH5927?

1. Jeremiah 8:7 The precise identification of some of these birds is uncertain. ↩
2. Jeremiah 8:18 Or O my Comforter in sorrow, ↩