Jeremiah 8:6

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Summary

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.

Hearkened

2 Peter 3:9

Saying

As

Jeremiah 2:24

Job 39:19

Bible References

Hearkened

"He will sing to men, and he will say, 'I have sinned and have perverted [what is] right, and it was not paid back to me.

Yahweh looks down from heaven upon the children of humankind to see whether there is one who has insight, one who cares about God.

Therefore Yahweh waits to be gracious [to] you, and therefore he will rise up to show you mercy, for Yahweh [is] a God of justice; blessed [are] all those who wait for him.

Then those who revered Yahweh spoke {with one another}. And Yahweh listened attentively and heard, and a scroll of remembrance was written {before him} of those who revere Yahweh and ponder his name.

The Lord is not delaying the promise, as some consider slowness, but is being patient toward you, [because he] does not want any to perish, but all to come to repentance.

Saying

I will say to God, 'You should not condemn me; let me know why you contend [against] me.

And if he sees and he returns from all of his transgressions that he did, surely he will live; he will not die!

And so then, thus says Yahweh of hosts: '{Consider your ways}!

"But [when he] came to himself, he said, 'How many of my father's hired workers have an abundance {of food}, and I am dying here from hunger!

As

A wild ass accustomed to [the] desert, in the desire of her soul. She gasps [for] wind [in] her rutting time. Who can quell her [lust]? All [those who] seek her will not grow weary, in her month they will find her.

"Do you give power to the horse? Do you clothe its neck [with] a mane?