Jeremiah 8:20

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

18My joy has flown away; grief has settled on me. My heart is sick. 19Listen — the cry of my dear people from a faraway land, “Is the Lord no longer in Zion, her King not within her?” Why have they angered me with their carved images, with their worthless foreign idols? Harvest has passed, summer has ended, but we have not been saved. 21I am broken by the brokenness of my dear people. I mourn; horror has taken hold of me. 22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? So why has the healing of my dear people not come about?

Jeremiah 8:20 word by word

עָבַ֥ר קָצִ֖יר כָּ֣לָה קָ֑יִץ וַאֲנַ֖חְנוּ ל֥וֹא נוֹשָֽׁעְנוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The harvestקָצִירqâtsîyr · harvestH7105
• is pastעָבַר‛âbar · to passH5674
• the summerקַ֫יִץqayits · summerH7019
• is endedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: finishH3615
• and we are not savedיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467

Cross-references for Jeremiah 8:20

• Proverbs 10:5The son who gathers during summer is prudent; the son who sleeps during harvest is disgraceful.
• Luke 13:25once the homeowner gets up and shuts the door. Then you will stand outside and knock on the door, saying, ‘Lord, open up for us! ’ He will answer you, ‘I don’t know you or where you’re from.’
• Luke 19:44They will crush you and your children among you to the ground, and they will not leave one stone on another in your midst, because you did not recognize the time when God visited you.”
• Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says: Today, if you hear his voice,
• Matthew 25:1“At that time the kingdom of heaven will be like ten virgins who took their lamps and went out to meet the groom.

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

Topics related to Jeremiah 8:20

• Backsliders
• Church
• Despondency
• Harvest
• Impenitence
• Jeremiah
• Opportunity
• Summer
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Repent
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• Covenant, the New
• Exodus, the Book of
• Harvest
• Jeremiah (2)
• Seasons

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