Jeremiah:8

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* At that time , saith the LORD , they shall bring 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 (note :)The enemy for greediness will rifle your graves and lay you before those idols , who in your life you worshipped , to see if they can help you .(:note ) graves : * And they shal spread them before the sunne and the moone , and all the host of heauen , whom they haue loued , and whome they haue serued , and whome they haue followed , and whome they haue sought , and whome they haue worshipped : they shall not be gathered nor be buried , but shall be as doung vpon the earth . * And death shall be chosen (note :)Because of the afflictions that they will feel through God 's judgments .(:note ) rather than life by all the remnant of them that remain of this evil family , who remain in all the places where I have driven them , saith the LORD of hosts . * Moreover thou shalt say to them , Thus saith the LORD ; Shall they (note :)Is there no hope that they will return ?(:note ) fall , and not rise ? shall he turn away , and not return ? * Wherefore is this people of Ierusalem turned backe by a perpetuall rebellion ? they gaue themselues to deceit , and would not returne . * I hearkened and heard , [but ] they spoke not aright : no man repented of his wickedness , saying , What have I done ? every (note :)They are full of hypocrisy , and everyone follows his own fantasy without any consideration .(:note ) one turned to his course , as the horse rusheth to the battle . * Yea , the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times ; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming ; but my people know not the (note :)He accuses them in that they are more ignorant of God 's judgments , than these birds are of their appointed seasons to discern the cold and heat .(:note ) judgment of the LORD . * How do ye say , We [are ] wise , and the law of the LORD [is ] with us ? Lo , certainly in vain he hath made [it ]; (note :)The law does not profit you neither need it to have been written for all that you have learned by it .(:note ) the pen of the scribes [is ] in vain . * The (note :)They who seem wise may be ashamed of their ignorance for all wisdom consists in God 's word .(:note ) wise [men ] are ashamed , they are dismayed and taken : lo , they have rejected the word of the LORD ; and what wisdom [is ] in them ? * Therefore will I giue their wiues vnto others , and their fieldes to them that shall possesse them : for euery one from the least euen vnto the greatest is giuen to couetousnesse , and from the Prophet euen vnto the Priest , euery one dealeth falsely . * For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly , saying , (note :){{See Jer_6:14 }}(:note ) Peace , peace ; when [there is ] no peace . * Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination ? nay , they were not ashamed , neither coulde they haue any shame : therefore shall they fall among the slaine : when I shall visite them , they shall be cast downe , sayeth the Lorde . * I wil surely consume them , sayth the Lord : there shalbe no grapes on the vine , nor figges on the figtree , and the leafe shall fade , and the things that I haue giuen them , shal depart from them . * Why do we sit still ? (note :)He speaks in the person of the people , who when the enemy comes will turn about to hide themselves and acknowledge that it is God 's hand .(:note ) assemble yourselves , and let us enter into the fortified cities , and let us be silent there : for the LORD our God hath put us to silence , and given us water of That is , has brought us into extreme affliction , and thus they will not attribute this plague to fortune , but to God 's just judgment , ( Jer_9:15 , Jer_23:15 ). gall to drink , because we have sinned against the LORD . * We looked for peace , but no good came , &amp ; for a time of health , and behold troubles . * The snorting of his horses was heard from (note :){{See Jer_4:15 }}(:note ) Dan : the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones ; for they have come , and have devoured the land , and all that is in it ; the city , and those that dwell in it . * For , behold , I will (note :)God threatens to send the Babylonians among them who will utterly destroy them in such sort , as by no means they will escape .(:note ) send serpents , cockatrices , among you , which [will ] not [be ] charmed , and they shall bite you , saith the LORD . * [When ] I would (note :)Read ( Jer_4:19 ).(:note ) comfort myself against sorrow , my heart [is ] faint in me . * Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a distant country : [Is ] not the LORD in Zion ? [is ] not her king in her ? Why (note :)Thus the Lord speaks .(:note ) have they provoked me to anger with their graven images , [and ] with foreign vanities ? * The (note :)The people wonder that they have for so long a time looked for comfort in vain .(:note ) harvest is past , the summer is ended , and we are not saved . * For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I (note :)The prophet speaks this .(:note ) hurt ; I am black ; astonishment hath taken hold on me . * [Is there ] no balm (note :)Meaning ,that no man 's help or means could save them : for in Gilead was precious balm , ( Jer_46:11 ) or else deriding the vain confidence of the people , who looked to their priests for help , who would have been the physicians of their soul , and dwelt at Gilead , ( Hos_6:8 ).(:note ) in Gilead ; [is there ] no physician there ? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered ?

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