Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 8:1 (show verse)
At that time, says LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their gr
Jeremiah 8:2 (show verse)
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshipped. T
Burial » Privation of, threatened as a punishment
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Punishment of » Dreadful judgments which end in death
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipping of » Jews often guilty of
Moon » Worshipping of » Jews punished for
Stars » Idolaters worshipped
Sun » Worshiped
The sun » The jews » Worshipped
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Idolatry » Objects of » Sun, moon, and stars
Idolatry » Punishment of » Dreadful judgments which end in death
Moon » Worshiped
Moon » Worshipping of » Jews often guilty of
Moon » Worshipping of » Jews punished for
Stars » Idolaters worshipped
Sun » Worshiped
The sun » The jews » Worshipped
Worship » Divinity of Christ » Of heavenly bodies
false Worship » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
FALSE » Other objects of worship » Heavenly bodies
Jeremiah 8:3 (show verse)
And death shall 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 LORD of hosts.
Jeremiah 8:4 (show verse)
Moreover thou shall say to them, Thus says LORD: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall he turn away, and not return?
Jeremiah 8:5 (show verse)
Why then has this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? They hold firm deceit. They refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:6 (show verse)
I hearkened and heard, but they did not speak aright. No man repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turns to his course as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
Jeremiah 8:7 (show verse)
Yea, the stork in the heavens knows her appointed times, and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming, but my people know not the law of LORD.
Jeremiah 8:8 (show verse)
How can ye say, We are wise, and the law of LORD is with us? But, behold, the FALSE pen of the scribes has wrought falsely.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 8:9 (show verse)
The wise men are put to shame. They are dismayed and taken. Lo, they have rejected the word of LORD, and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah 8:10 (show verse)
Therefore I will give their wives to others, and their fields to those who shall 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.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 8:11 (show verse)
And they have lightly healed the hurt of the daughter of my people, saying, Peace, peace, when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 8:12 (show verse)
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed, nor could they blush. Therefore they shall fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, says LORD.
Jeremiah 8:13 (show verse)
I will utterly consume them, says LORD. There shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade, and [things] I have given them shall pass away from them.
Jeremiah 8:14 (show verse)
Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, and let us be silent there. For LORD our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against LORD.
Jeremiah 8:15 (show verse)
We looked for peace, but no good came, for a time of healing, and, behold, dismay!
Jeremiah 8:16 (show verse)
The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of his strong ones the whole land trembles. For they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.
Jeremiah 8:17 (show verse)
For, behold, I will send serpents, adders, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, says LORD.
Jeremiah 8:18 (show verse)
Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
Jeremiah 8:19 (show verse)
Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: Is not LORD in Zion? Is not her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with foreign vanities?
Jeremiah 8:20 (show verse)
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
causes of Delay » Examples of fatal » Israel, in repenting of sin
Harvest » Figurative
Harvest » Illustrative » Of seasons of grace
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Lost » Opportunity » For repentance - by israel
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Opportunity » Lost, by indifference or neglect » For repentance - by israel
Summer » The time for labor and harvest
Summer » Illustrative of seasons of grace
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » Israel, in repenting of sin
Harvest » Figurative
Harvest » Illustrative » Of seasons of grace
Jeremiah » The prophet » Lamentations of » Over jerusalem
Lost » Opportunity » For repentance - by israel
Opportunity » The measure of responsibility
Opportunity » Lost, by indifference or neglect » For repentance - by israel
Summer » The time for labor and harvest
Summer » Illustrative of seasons of grace
Too late » Delay, examples of fatal » Israel, in repenting of sin
Jeremiah 8:21 (show verse)
For the hurt of the daughter of my people I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold on me.
Jeremiah 8:22 (show verse)
Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Balm » A medicinal balsam
Disease » Prevention and cure of » Physicians
Disease » Healed » Physicians employed in
Disease » Prevention and cure of » Medicine
Disease » Instances of » Physicians employed for
Disease » Instances of » Ointments
spiritual Disease » General references to
Diseases » Physicians undertook the cure of
Gilead » Exported spices » Balm » myrrh
Physician » Figurative
Prevention and cure of diseases » Physicians
Prevention and cure of diseases » Medicine
Sciences » Medicine
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease
Disease » Prevention and cure of » Physicians
Disease » Healed » Physicians employed in
Disease » Prevention and cure of » Medicine
Disease » Instances of » Physicians employed for
Disease » Instances of » Ointments
spiritual Disease » General references to
Diseases » Physicians undertook the cure of
Gilead » Exported spices » Balm » myrrh
Physician » Figurative
Prevention and cure of diseases » Physicians
Prevention and cure of diseases » Medicine
Sciences » Medicine
Spiritual » Desire select readings, psalms 42; 84 » Disease