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Jeremiah
Chapter
8
1
At that time, said Jehovah/God,
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 multitude/host/army 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 those who remain of this evil family,
who
remain in all the places
where
I have driven them,
said
Jehovah/God of the armies/hosts.
4
Moreover you shall say unto them,
Thus
said Jehovah/God;
Shall
they fall, and not arise?
Shall he turn away, and not return?
5
Why then is this people of Jerusalem sliding
back
by a perpetual backsliding?
They hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6
I hearkened and heard,
but
they spoke not aright.
No
man repented him of his wickedness, saying,
What
have I done?
Every
one turned to his course,
as
the horse rushes into the battle.
7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knows 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 Jehovah/God.
8
How do you say, We are wise,
and
the law of Jehovah/God 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 Jehovah/God;
and
what wisdom is in them?
10
Therefore will I give their wives unto others,
and
their fields to those who 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 deals falsely.
11~~They
heal the broken-ness of my daughter
by
superficial conversation.
They say, "Peace, peace." . . . when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination?
No,
they were not at all ashamed,
neither
could they blush.
Therefore shall they fall among those who fall.
In
the time of their visitation they shall be cast down,
said
Jehovah/God.
13~~So
decrees Jehovah/God,
"I
will take away their harvest {economic depression} . . .
there
will be no grapes on the vine . . .
nor
figs on the fig tree . . .
and
the leaves will wither . . .
furthermore,
what I have given them {in prosperity}
will
also pass away from them."
{Note: See also Revelation 6:13}
14 Why do we sit still?
Assemble
yourselves, and let us enter into the defensed cities,
and
let us be silent there . . .
for
Jehovah/God our 'Elohiym/Godhead
has
put us to silence,
and
given us water of gall to drink,
because
we have sinned against Jehovah/God.
{Note: Possibly a prophecy of Jesus Christ on the cross.}
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/'spitting
cobras' . . .
among
you,
which
will not be charmed,
and
they shall bite you, said Jehovah/God.
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 those who dwell in a far country.
Is not Jehovah/God 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
has 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?
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