Thematic Bible
Jeremiah 8:1 (show verse)
At that time, says Yahweh, 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;
Jeremiah 8:2 (show verse)
and they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked, and which they have sought, and which they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried, they shall be for dung on the surface of the earth.
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)
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 Yahweh of Armies.
Jeremiah 8:4 (show verse)
Moreover you shall tell them, Thus says Yahweh: Shall men fall, and not rise up again? Shall one turn away, and not return?
Jeremiah 8:5 (show verse)
Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
Jeremiah 8:6 (show verse)
I listened and heard, but they didn't speak aright: no man repents him 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)
Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.
Jeremiah 8:8 (show verse)
How do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 8:9 (show verse)
The wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what kind of wisdom is in them?
Jeremiah 8:10 (show verse)
Therefore will I 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 every one deals falsely.
No Themes for this verse.
Jeremiah 8:11 (show verse)
They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
Jeremiah 8:12 (show verse)
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, 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, says Yahweh.
Jeremiah 8:13 (show verse)
I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh: no grapes shall be on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] 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 Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
Jeremiah 8:15 (show verse)
We looked for peace, but no good came; [and] 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 are 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 Yahweh.
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: isn't Yahweh in Zion? Isn't her King in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved 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 am I 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 isn't 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