耶和华说:“那时,犹大王、首领、祭司、先知及耶路撒冷居民的骸骨都要从坟墓中被挖出来, 抛散在他们昔日恋慕、供奉、追随、求问、祭拜的日月星辰之下,无人收殓和埋葬,他们好像地上的粪便。 我要把这邪恶民族的余民流放异地,他们在那里必痛不欲生。这是万军之耶和华说的。”

耶和华吩咐我对犹大人说:
“人跌倒后难道不站起来吗?
人走错了路难道不回头吗?
为什么耶路撒冷的居民一味地背叛我?
他们诡诈成性,不肯回头。
我仔细听,没有人说实话,
没有人为自己的恶行后悔,说,
‘我做了可怕的事!’
人人一意孤行,
像战马直奔战场。
天空的鹳鸟尚且知道来去的季节,
斑鸠、燕子和白鹤也遵守迁徙的时间,
但我的子民却不认识耶和华的法则。

“你们怎能说,‘我们有智慧,
因为我们有耶和华的律法’?
事实上,律法教师撒谎的笔把律法篡改了。
智者必蒙羞辱,受惊吓,
被捉拿。
看啊,他们既弃掉耶和华的话,
哪里还有智慧可言呢?
10 因此,我要把他们的妻子和田地交给别人,
因为他们无论贵贱,
个个贪图不义之财;
无论是先知还是祭司,
都行为诡诈。
11 他们敷衍了事地医治我子民的伤痛,说,
‘没事了,没事了!’
其实情况很糟。
12 他们做可憎的事会羞愧吗?
不!他们不知廉耻,
毫不脸红。
因此,他们要与其他人一样灭亡,
死在我的惩罚下。
这是耶和华说的。
13 我要彻底灭绝他们。
葡萄树必没有葡萄,
无花果树必没有果子,
树叶也要枯干,
我所赐给他们的都要被夺走。
这是耶和华说的。”

14 他们说:“我们为什么还坐在这里?
大家一起进入坚城,死在那里吧!
我们的上帝耶和华要毁灭我们,
给我们毒药喝,
因为我们得罪了祂。
15 我们期待平安,
却没有平安;
渴望得到医治,
却饱受惊吓。

16 “从但传来敌人战马的嘶鸣,
声音震动大地。
他们要来吞灭我们的土地和作物、城邑和居民。

17 “看啊,我要派毒蛇去咬你们,
法术无法制服它们。”
这是耶和华说的。
18 我有无限忧愁,伤心欲绝。
19 听啊!远处传来我同胞的哀鸣:
“难道耶和华不在锡安了吗?
难道她的王不在她那里了吗?”
耶和华说:“他们为什么供奉雕刻的神像和外族无用的偶像,惹我发怒?”
20 他们说:“麦收已完,
夏季已过,
但我们还未得救。”
21 同胞的创伤令我伤心欲绝,
痛苦万分,
惊慌失措。
22 难道基列没有药物、
没有医生吗?
为什么我同胞的创伤至今未愈?

耶和華說:「那時,猶大王、首領、祭司、先知及耶路撒冷居民的骸骨都要從墳墓中被挖出來, 拋散在他們昔日戀慕、供奉、追隨、求問、祭拜的日月星辰之下,無人收殮和埋葬,他們好像地上的糞便。 我要把這邪惡民族的餘民流放異地,他們在那裡必痛不欲生。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。」

耶和華吩咐我對猶大人說:
「人跌倒後難道不站起來嗎?
人走錯了路難道不回頭嗎?
為什麼耶路撒冷的居民一味地背叛我?
他們詭詐成性,不肯回頭。
我仔細聽,沒有人說實話,
沒有人為自己的惡行後悔,說,
『我做了可怕的事!』
人人一意孤行,
像戰馬直奔戰場。
天空的鸛鳥尚且知道來去的季節,
斑鳩、燕子和白鶴也遵守遷徙的時間,
但我的子民卻不認識耶和華的法則。

「你們怎能說,『我們有智慧,
因為我們有耶和華的律法』?
事實上,律法教師撒謊的筆把律法篡改了。
智者必蒙羞辱,受驚嚇,
被捉拿。
看啊,他們既棄掉耶和華的話,
哪裡還有智慧可言呢?
10 因此,我要把他們的妻子和田地交給別人,
因為他們無論貴賤,
個個貪圖不義之財;
無論是先知還是祭司,
都行為詭詐。
11 他們敷衍了事地醫治我子民的傷痛,說,
『沒事了,沒事了!』
其實情況很糟。
12 他們做可憎的事會羞愧嗎?
不!他們不知廉恥,
毫不臉紅。
因此,他們要與其他人一樣滅亡,
死在我的懲罰下。
這是耶和華說的。
13 我要徹底滅絕他們。
葡萄樹必沒有葡萄,
無花果樹必沒有果子,
樹葉也要枯乾,
我所賜給他們的都要被奪走。
這是耶和華說的。」

14 他們說:「我們為什麼還坐在這裡?
大家一起進入堅城,死在那裡吧!
我們的上帝耶和華要毀滅我們,
給我們毒藥喝,
因為我們得罪了祂。
15 我們期待平安,
卻沒有平安;
渴望得到醫治,
卻飽受驚嚇。

16 「從但傳來敵人戰馬的嘶鳴,
聲音震動大地。
他們要來吞滅我們的土地和作物、城邑和居民。

17 「看啊,我要派毒蛇去咬你們,
法術無法制伏牠們。」
這是耶和華說的。
18 我有無限憂愁,傷心欲絕。
19 聽啊!遠處傳來我同胞的哀鳴:
「難道耶和華不在錫安了嗎?
難道她的王不在她那裡了嗎?」
耶和華說:「他們為什麼供奉雕刻的神像和外族無用的偶像,惹我發怒?」
20 他們說:「麥收已完,
夏季已過,
但我們還未得救。」
21 同胞的創傷令我傷心欲絕,
痛苦萬分,
驚慌失措。
22 難道基列沒有藥物、
沒有醫生嗎?
為什麼我同胞的創傷至今未癒?

'耶 利 米 書 8 ' not found for the version: Chinese New Testament: Easy-to-Read Version.

“‘At that time, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings and officials of Judah, the bones of the priests and prophets, and the bones(A) of the people of Jerusalem will be removed(B) from their graves. They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(C) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(D) They will not be gathered up or buried,(E) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(F) Wherever I banish them,(G) all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life,(H) declares the Lord Almighty.’

Sin and Punishment

“Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:

“‘When people fall down, do they not get up?(I)
    When someone turns away,(J) do they not return?
Why then have these people turned away?
    Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(K)
    they refuse to return.(L)
I have listened(M) attentively,
    but they do not say what is right.
None of them repent(N) of their wickedness,
    saying, “What have I done?”
Each pursues their own course(O)
    like a horse charging into battle.
Even the stork in the sky
    knows her appointed seasons,
and the dove, the swift and the thrush
    observe the time of their migration.
But my people do not know(P)
    the requirements of the Lord.

“‘How can you say, “We are wise,
    for we have the law(Q) of the Lord,”
when actually the lying pen of the scribes
    has handled it falsely?
The wise(R) will be put to shame;
    they will be dismayed(S) and trapped.(T)
Since they have rejected the word(U) of the Lord,
    what kind of wisdom(V) do they have?
10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men
    and their fields to new owners.(W)
From the least to the greatest,
    all are greedy for gain;(X)
prophets(Y) and priests alike,
    all practice deceit.(Z)
11 They dress the wound of my people
    as though it were not serious.
“Peace, peace,” they say,
    when there is no peace.(AA)
12 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct?
    No, they have no shame(AB) at all;
    they do not even know how to blush.
So they will fall among the fallen;
    they will be brought down when they are punished,(AC)
says the Lord.(AD)

13 “‘I will take away their harvest,
declares the Lord.
    There will be no grapes on the vine.(AE)
There will be no figs(AF) on the tree,
    and their leaves will wither.(AG)
What I have given them
    will be taken(AH) from them.[a]’”

14 Why are we sitting here?
    Gather together!
Let us flee to the fortified cities(AI)
    and perish there!
For the Lord our God has doomed us to perish
    and given us poisoned water(AJ) to drink,
    because we have sinned(AK) against him.
15 We hoped for peace(AL)
    but no good has come,
for a time of healing
    but there is only terror.(AM)
16 The snorting of the enemy’s horses(AN)
    is heard from Dan;(AO)
at the neighing of their stallions
    the whole land trembles.(AP)
They have come to devour(AQ)
    the land and everything in it,
    the city and all who live there.

17 “See, I will send venomous snakes(AR) among you,
    vipers that cannot be charmed,(AS)
    and they will bite you,”
declares the Lord.

18 You who are my Comforter[b] in sorrow,
    my heart is faint(AT) within me.
19 Listen to the cry of my people
    from a land far away:(AU)
“Is the Lord not in Zion?
    Is her King(AV) no longer there?”

“Why have they aroused(AW) my anger with their images,
    with their worthless(AX) foreign idols?”(AY)

20 “The harvest is past,
    the summer has ended,
    and we are not saved.”

21 Since my people are crushed,(AZ) I am crushed;
    I mourn,(BA) and horror grips me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(BB)
    Is there no physician(BC) there?
Why then is there no healing(BD)
    for the wound of my people?

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
  2. Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.