Jeremiah 8:4-22

4Moreover thou shalt sayH559 unto them, Thus saithH559 YhwhH3068; Shall they fallH5307, and not ariseH6965? shall he turn awayH7725, and not returnH7725? 5Why then is this peopleH5971 of JerusalemH3389 slidden backH7725 by a perpetualH5329 backslidingH4878? they holdH2388 fast deceitH8649, they refuseH3985 to returnH7725. 6I hearkenedH7181 and heardH8085, but they spake not arightH1696: no manH376 repentedH5162 him ofH5921 his wickednessH7451, sayingH559, What have I doneH6213? every one turnedH7725 to his courseH4794, as the horseH5483 rushethH7857 into the battleH4421. 7Yea, the storkH2624 in the heavenH8064 knowethH3045 her appointed timesH4150; and the turtledoveH8449 and the craneH5483 and the swallowH5693 observeH8104 the timeH6256 of their comingH935; but my peopleH5971 knowH3045 not the judgmentH4941 of YhwhH3068. 8How do ye sayH559, We are wiseH2450, and the lawH8451 of YhwhH3068 is with us? Lo, certainlyH403 in vainH8267 madeH6213 he it; the penH5842 of the scribesH5608 is in vainH8267.1 9The wiseH2450 men are ashamedH3001, they are dismayedH2865 and takenH3920: lo, they have rejectedH3988 the wordH1697 of YhwhH3068; and what wisdomH2451 is in them?23 10Therefore will I giveH5414 their wivesH802 unto othersH312, and their fieldsH7704 to them that shall inheritH3423 them: for every one from the leastH6996 even unto the greatestH1419 is givenH1214 to covetousnessH1215, from the prophetH5030 even unto the priestH3548 every one dealethH6213 falselyH8267. 11For they have healedH7495 the hurtH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 slightlyH7043, sayingH559, PeaceH7965, peaceH7965; when there is no peaceH7965. 12Were they ashamedH3001 when they had committedH6213 abominationH8441? nay, they were not at allH954 ashamedH954, neither couldH3045 they blushH3637: therefore shall they fallH5307 among them that fallH5307: in the timeH6256 of their visitationH6486 they shall be cast downH3782, saithH559 YhwhH3068.

13I will surelyH622 consumeH5486 them, saithH5002 YhwhH3068: there shall be no grapesH6025 on the vineH1612, nor figsH8384 on the fig treeH8384, and the leafH5929 shall fadeH5034; and the things that I have givenH5414 them shall pass awayH5674 from them.4 14Why do we sit stillH3427? assembleH622 yourselves, and let us enterH935 into the defencedH4013 citiesH5892, and let us be silentH1826 there: for YhwhH3068 our GodH430 hath put us to silenceH1826, and given us waterH4325 of gallH7219 to drinkH8248, because we have sinnedH2398 against YhwhH3068.5 15We lookedH6960 for peaceH7965, but no goodH2896 came; and for a timeH6256 of healthH4832, and behold troubleH1205! 16The snortingH5170 of his horsesH5483 was heardH8085 from DanH1835: the whole landH776 trembledH7493 at the soundH6963 of the neighingH4684 of his strong onesH47; for they are comeH935, and have devouredH398 the landH776, and allH4393 that is in it; the cityH5892, and those that dwellH3427 therein.6 17For, behold, I will sendH7971 serpentsH5175, cockatricesH6848, among you, which will not be charmedH3908, and they shall biteH5391 you, saithH5002 YhwhH3068.

18When I would comfortH4010 myself against sorrowH3015, my heartH3820 is faintH1742 in me.7 19Behold the voiceH6963 of the cryH7775 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 because of them that dwell in a farH4801 countryH776: Is not YhwhH3068 in ZionH6726? is not her kingH4428 in her? Why have they provoked me to angerH3707 with their graven imagesH6456, and with strangeH5236 vanitiesH1892?8 20The harvestH7105 is pastH5674, the summerH7019 is endedH3615, and we are not savedH3467. 21For the hurtH7667 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 am I hurtH7665; I am blackH6937; astonishmentH8047 hath taken holdH2388 on me. 22Is there no balmH6875 in GileadH1568; is there no physicianH7495 there? why thenH3588 is not the healthH724 of the daughterH1323 of my peopleH5971 recoveredH5927?9