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World English Bible

Jeremiah 8 (WEBP)

[1] “At that time,” says Yahweh, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
[2] They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth.
[3] Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says Yahweh of Armies.
[4] “Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
[6] I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
[7] Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.
[8] “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
[9] The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
[11] They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh.
[13] “‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’”
[14] “Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
[16] The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
[17] “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says Yahweh.
[18] Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
[19] Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t Yahweh in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”
[20] “The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
[21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Jeremiah 8 (KJVS)

[1] At that time, saith the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:
[2] and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
[3] And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.
[4] Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
[5] Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
[6] I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
[7] Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
[8] How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
[9] The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
[10] Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
[11] For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
[12] Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
[13] I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
[14] Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
[15] We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
[16] The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
[17] For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
[18] When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
[19] Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
[20] The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
[21] For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
[22] Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

Jeremiah 8:9a Or, have they been ashamed, etc.
Jeremiah 8:9b Heb. the wisdom of what thing
Jeremiah 8:13 Or, in gathering I will consume
Jeremiah 8:14 Or, poison
Jeremiah 8:16 Heb. the fullness thereof
Jeremiah 8:18 Heb. upon
Jeremiah 8:19 Heb. because of the country of them that are far off
Jeremiah 8:22 Heb. gone up

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Jeremiah 8 (BYZ)

[1] ἐν () τῷ () καιρῷ () ἐκείνῳ, () λέγει () κύριος, () ἐξοίσουσιν () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () τῶν () βασιλέων () Ιουδα καὶ () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () τῶν () ἀρχόντων () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () τῶν () ἱερέων () καὶ () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () τῶν () προφητῶν () καὶ () τὰ () ὀστᾶ () τῶν () κατοικούντων () Ιερουσαλημ () ἐκ () τῶν () τάφων () αὐτῶν ()
[2] καὶ () ψύξουσιν () αὐτὰ () πρὸς () τὸν () ἥλιον () καὶ () τὴν () σελήνην () καὶ () πρὸς () πάντας () τοὺς () ἀστέρας () καὶ () πρὸς () πᾶσαν () τὴν () στρατιὰν () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () ἃ () ἠγάπησαν () καὶ () οἷς () ἐδούλευσαν () καὶ () ὧν () ἐπορεύθησαν () ὀπίσω () αὐτῶν () καὶ () ὧν () ἀντείχοντο () καὶ () οἷς () προσεκύνησαν () αὐτοῖς· () οὐ () κοπήσονται () καὶ () οὐ () ταφήσονται () καὶ () ἔσονται () εἰς () παράδειγμα ἐπὶ () προσώπου () τῆς () γῆς, ()
[3] ὅτι () εἵλοντο () τὸν () θάνατον () ἢ () τὴν () ζωήν, () καὶ () πᾶσιν () τοῖς () καταλοίποις () τοῖς () καταλειφθεῖσιν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γενεᾶς () ἐκείνης () ἐν () παντὶ () τόπῳ, () οὗ () ἐὰν () ἐξώσω () αὐτοὺς () ἐκεῖ. ()
[4] Ὅτι () τάδε () λέγει () κύριος () Μὴ () ὁ () πίπτων () οὐκ () ἀνίσταται; () Ἢ () ὁ () ἀποστρέφων () οὐκ () ἐπιστρέφει; ()
[5] Διὰ () τί () ἀπέστρεψεν () ὁ () λαός () μου () οὗτος () ἀποστροφὴν ἀναιδῆ καὶ () κατεκρατήθησαν ἐν () τῇ () προαιρέσει αὐτῶν () καὶ () οὐκ () ἠθέλησαν () τοῦ () ἐπιστρέψαι; ()
[6] Ἐνωτίσασθε () δὴ () καὶ () ἀκούσατε· () οὐχ () οὕτως () λαλήσουσιν, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἄνθρωπος () μετανοῶν () ἀπὸ () τῆς () κακίας () αὐτοῦ () λέγων () Τί () ἐποίησα; () Διέλιπεν () ὁ () τρέχων () ἀπὸ () τοῦ () δρόμου () αὐτοῦ () ὡς () ἵππος () κάθιδρος ἐν () χρεμετισμῷ αὐτοῦ. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἡ () ασιδα ἐν () τῷ () οὐρανῷ () ἔγνω () τὸν () καιρὸν () αὐτῆς, () τρυγὼν () καὶ () χελιδών, ἀγροῦ () στρουθία () ἐφύλαξαν () καιροὺς () εἰσόδων () αὐτῶν, () ὁ () δὲ () λαός () μου () οὐκ () ἔγνω () τὰ () κρίματα () κυρίου. ()
[8] Πῶς () ἐρεῖτε () ὅτι () Σοφοί () ἐσμεν () ἡμεῖς, () καὶ () νόμος () κυρίου () ἐστὶν () μεθ’ () ἡμῶν; () Εἰς () μάτην () ἐγενήθη () σχοῖνος ψευδὴς () γραμματεῦσιν. ()
[9] ᾘσχύνθησαν () σοφοὶ () καὶ () ἐπτοήθησαν () καὶ () ἑάλωσαν, ὅτι () τὸν () λόγον () κυρίου () ἀπεδοκίμασαν· () σοφία () τίς () ἐστιν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς; ()
[10] Διὰ () τοῦτο () δώσω () τὰς () γυναῖκας () αὐτῶν () ἑτέροις () καὶ () τοὺς () ἀγροὺς () αὐτῶν () τοῖς () κληρονόμοις, () …
[13] καὶ () συνάξουσιν () τὰ () γενήματα () αὐτῶν, () λέγει () κύριος, () οὐκ () ἔστιν () σταφυλὴ () ἐν () ταῖς () ἀμπέλοις, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἔστιν () σῦκα () ἐν () ταῖς () συκαῖς, () καὶ () τὰ () φύλλα () κατερρύηκεν.
[14] Ἐπὶ () τί () ἡμεῖς () καθήμεθα; () Συνάχθητε () καὶ () εἰσέλθωμεν () εἰς () τὰς () πόλεις () τὰς () ὀχυρὰς καὶ () ἀπορριφῶμεν, () ὅτι () ὁ () θεὸς () ἀπέρριψεν () ἡμᾶς () καὶ () ἐπότισεν () ἡμᾶς () ὕδωρ () χολῆς, () ὅτι () ἡμάρτομεν () ἐναντίον () αὐτοῦ. ()
[15] Συνήχθημεν () εἰς () εἰρήνην, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἦν () ἀγαθά· () εἰς () καιρὸν () ἰάσεως, () καὶ () ἰδοὺ () σπουδή. ()
[16] Ἐκ () Δαν ἀκουσόμεθα () φωνὴν () ὀξύτητος ἵππων () αὐτοῦ, () ἀπὸ () φωνῆς () χρεμετισμοῦ ἱππασίας ἵππων () αὐτοῦ () ἐσείσθη () πᾶσα () ἡ () γῆ· () καὶ () ἥξει () καὶ () καταφάγεται () τὴν () γῆν () καὶ () τὸ () πλήρωμα () αὐτῆς, () πόλιν () καὶ () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () ἐν () αὐτῇ. ()
[17] Διότι () ἰδοὺ () ἐγὼ () ἐξαποστέλλω () εἰς () ὑμᾶς () ὄφεις () θανατοῦντας, () οἷς () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐπᾷσαι, καὶ () δήξονται () ὑμᾶς. ()
[18] Ἀνίατα μετ’ () ὀδύνης () καρδίας () ὑμῶν () ἀπορουμένης. ()
[19] Ἰδοὺ () φωνὴ () κραυγῆς () θυγατρὸς () λαοῦ () μου () ἀπὸ () γῆς () μακρόθεν () Μὴ () κύριος () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () Σιων; () Ἢ () βασιλεὺς () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐκεῖ; () Διὰ () τί () παρώργισάν () με () ἐν () τοῖς () γλυπτοῖς αὐτῶν () καὶ () ἐν () ματαίοις () ἀλλοτρίοις; ()
[20] Διῆλθεν () θέρος, () παρῆλθεν () ἄμητος, καὶ () ἡμεῖς () οὐ () διεσώθημεν. ()
[21] Ἐπὶ () συντρίμματι () θυγατρὸς () λαοῦ () μου () ἐσκοτώθην· () ἀπορίᾳ () κατίσχυσάν () με () ὠδῖνες () ὡς () τικτούσης. ()
[22] Μὴ () ῥητίνη οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐν () Γαλααδ, ἢ () ἰατρὸς () οὐκ () ἔστιν () ἐκεῖ; () Διὰ () τί () οὐκ () ἀνέβη () ἴασις () θυγατρὸς () λαοῦ () μου; ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.