The Sin and Treachery of Judah
1 “At that time,” declares the Lord, “they will (A)bring out the bones of the kings of Judah and the bones of its princes, and the bones of the priests and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem from their graves.
2 They will spread them out to the sun, the moon and to all the (B)host of heaven, which they have loved and which they have served, and which they have gone after and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered (C)or buried; (D)they will be as dung on the face of the ground.
3 And (E)death will be chosen rather than life by all the remnant that remains of this evil family, that remains in all the (F)places to which I have driven them,” declares the Lord of hosts.
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“(Q)How can you say, ‘We are wise,
And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.
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11 And the law of the Lord is with us’?
But behold, the lying pen of the scribes
Has made it into a lie.
“They (V)heal the brokenness of the daughter of My people superficially,
Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.
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Saying, ‘Peace, peace,’
But there is no peace.
Footnotes:
a.
Jeremiah 8:4: ['Lit ', turn back]
b.
Jeremiah 8:7: ['Lit ', coming]
c.
Jeremiah 8:10: ['Lit ', possessing ones]
d.
Jeremiah 8:18: ['So Gr and versions']
e.
Jeremiah 8:19: ['Lit ', vanities]
f.
Jeremiah 8:22: ['Or ', healing]
g.
Jeremiah 8:22: ['Lit ', gone up]
Cross references:
AE.
Jeremiah 8:14:
Deuteronomy 29:18; Psalm 69:21; Jeremiah 9:15; Jeremiah 23:15; Lamentations 3:19; Matthew 27:34
AI.
Jeremiah 8:16:
Judges 5:22
AQ.
Jeremiah 8:19:
Psalm 31:6