New English Translation
Jeremiah 8:20
20“They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.’
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
18Then I said, “There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart! 19I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying, ‘Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?’” The Lord answers, “Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?” “They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.’ 21My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay. 22There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?
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 10:5The one who gathers crops in the summer is a wise son, but the one who sleeps during the harvest is a son who brings shame to himself.
- Luke 13:25Once the head of the house gets up and shuts the door, then you will stand outside and start to knock on the door and beg him, ‘Lord, let us in!’ But he will answer you, ‘I don’t know where you come from.’
- Luke 19:44They will demolish you – you and your children within your walls – and they will not leave within you one stone on top of another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
- Hebrews 3:7Therefore, as the Holy Spirit says, “Oh, that today you would listen as he speaks!
- 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 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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