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Jeremiah 8
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8"At that time," declares the Lord, "the bones of the king of Judah, the bones of his officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the residents of Jerusalem will be removed from their graves.H6256H5002H3068H3318H6106H4428H3063H6106H8269H6106H3548H6106H5030H6106H3427H3389H6913
2They'll be spread out to the sun, the moon, and all the stars of the heavens, which they loved and served, and which they followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones won't be collected, nor will they be buried. They'll be like dung on the surface of the ground.H7849H8121H3394H6635H8064H157H5647H310H1980H1875H7812H622H6912H1828H6440H127
3"In all the places where the people remain, where I've banished them, death will be chosen over life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family," declares the Lord of the Heavenly Armies.H4194H977H2416H7611H7604H7451H4940H7604H4725H5080H5002H3068H6635

A Stubborn People

4"You are to say to them, 'This is what the Lord says: Will a person fall down and then not get up?Will someone turn away and then not turn back again -H559H559H3068H5307H6965H7725H7725
5Why has this people turned away?Why does Jerusalem continue in apostasy?They hold on to deceit and refuse to repent.H5971H3389H7725H5329H4878H2388H8649H3985H7725
6I've listened and I've heard, and what they say is not right. No one repents of his evil and says, 'What have I done? They all turn to their own course like a horse racing into battle.H7181H8085H1696H376H5162H5921H7451H559H6213H7725H4794H5483H7857H4421
7Even the stork in the sky knows its seasons, and the dove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time for migration. But my people don't know the requirements of the Lord.H2624H8064H3045H4150H8449H5483H5693H8104H6256H935H5971H3045H4941H3068
8How can you say, 'We're wise, and the Law of the Lord is with us,' when, in fact, the deceitful pen of the scribe has made it into something that deceives.H559H2450H8451H3068H403H8267H6213H5842H5608H8267
9The wise men will be put to shame. They'll be dismayed and taken captive. Look, they have rejected the word of the Lord! So what kind of wisdom do they have -H2450H3001H2865H3920H3988H1697H3068H2451
10Therefore, I'll give their wives to others, and their fields to new owners. Indeed, from the least important to the most important, they're all greedy for dishonest gain. From prophet to priest, they all act deceitfully.H5414H802H312H7704H3423H6996H1419H1214H1215H5030H3548H6213H8267
11They have treated my people's wound superficially, telling them, 'Peace, peace, when there is no peace.'H7495H7667H1323H5971H7043H559H7965H7965H7965
12Are they ashamed because they have done what is repugnant to God?They weren't ashamed at all; they don't even know how to blush! Therefore they'll fall with those who fall. When I punish them, they'll be brought down," says the Lord.H3001H6213H8441H954H954H3045H3637H5307H5307H6256H6486H3782H559H3068
13"I would have gathered them," declares the Lord, "but there were no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig tree, and their leaves were withered. What I've given them has been taken away."'"H622H5486H5002H3068H6025H1612H8384H8384H5929H5034H5414H5674

The People Respond

14Why are we sitting here?Join together! Let's go to the fortified cities and perish there! For the Lord our God has condemned us to perish and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against him.H3427H622H935H4013H5892H1826H3068H430H1826H4325H7219H8248H2398H3068
15We waited for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but instead there was terror.H6960H7965H2896H6256H4832H1205

The Lord’s Warning

16"The snorting of their horses is heard from Dan. At the neighing of their stallions, the whole earth quakes. They're coming to devour the land and all it contains, the city and all who live in it.H5170H5483H8085H1835H776H7493H6963H4684H47H935H398H776H4393H5892H3427
17Look, I'll send snakes among you, vipers that cannot be charmed, and they'll bite you,"H7971H5175H6848H3908H5391H5002H3068

Jeremiah Mourns for His People

18Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me, my heart is sick within me.H4010H3015H3820H1742

The Lord Speaks

19Listen, my people's cry from a distant land. 'Is the Lord no longer in Zion?Is her king no longer there? "Why did they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign gods?H6963H7775H1323H5971H4801H776H3068H6726H4428H3707H6456H5236H1892

The People Speak

20The harvest is past, the summer has ended, and we haven't been delivered.H7105H5674H7019H3615H3467

The Prophet Mourns

21Because my people are crushed, I'm crushed. I mourn, and dismay overwhelms me.H7667H1323H5971H7665H6937H8047H2388
22Is there no balm in Gilead?Is there no physician there?So why is there no healing for my people -H6875H1568H7495H3588H724H1323H5971H5927


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