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Jeremiah 8
Christian Standard Bible
Jeremiah 8
Christian Standard Bible
Death over Life
8 “At that time”—this is the Lord’s declaration—“the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of her officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the residents of Jerusalem will be brought out of their graves.(A) 2 They will be exposed(B) to the sun, the moon, and all the stars in the sky,(C) which they have loved, served, followed, consulted, and worshiped. Their bones will not be collected and buried but will become like manure on the soil’s surface.(D) 3 Death will be chosen over life(E) by all the survivors of this evil family, those who remain wherever I have banished them.”(F) This is the declaration of the Lord of Armies.
4 “You are to say to them: This is what the Lord says:
Do people fall and not get up again?(G)
If they turn away, do they not return?
5 Why have these people turned away?
Why is Jerusalem always turning away?
They take hold of deceit;(H)
they refuse to return.(I)
6 I have paid careful attention.
They do not speak what is right.
No one regrets his evil,
asking, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone has stayed his course
like a horse rushing into battle.(J)
7 Even storks in the sky
know their seasons.
Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes[a]
are aware of their migration,
but my people do not know
the requirements of the Lord.(K)
Punishment for Judah’s Leaders
8 “How can you claim, ‘We are wise;
the law of the Lord is with us’?
In fact, the lying pen of scribes(L)
has produced falsehood.
9 The wise will be put to shame;
they will be dismayed and snared.
They have rejected the word of the Lord,(M)
so what wisdom do they really have?
10 Therefore, I will give(N) their wives to other men,
their fields to new occupants,
for from the least to the greatest,(O)
everyone is making profit dishonestly.
From prophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.
11 They have treated the brokenness
of my dear[b] people superficially,
claiming, ‘Peace, peace,’
when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they acted so detestably?
They weren’t at all ashamed.
They can no longer feel humiliation.
Therefore, they will fall among the fallen.
When I punish them, they will collapse,”(P)
says the Lord.
13 “I will gather them and bring them to an end.”[c](Q)
This is the Lord’s declaration.
“There will be no grapes on the vine,
no figs on the fig tree,
and even the leaf will wither.
Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
God’s People Unrepentant
14 Why are we just sitting here?
Gather together; let’s enter the fortified cities
and perish there,[d]
for the Lord our God has destroyed[e] us.
He has given us poisoned water to drink,(R)
because we have sinned against the Lord.(S)
15 We hoped for peace, but there was nothing good;
for a time of healing, but there was only terror.(T)
16 From Dan, the snorting of horses is heard.
At the sound of the neighing of mighty steeds,(U)
the whole land quakes.
They come to devour the land and everything in it,
the city and all its residents.
17 Indeed, I am about to send snakes among you,
poisonous vipers(V) that cannot be charmed.(W)
They will bite you.
This is the Lord’s declaration.
Lament over Judah
18 My joy has flown away;
grief has settled on me.
My heart is sick.(X)
19 Listen—the cry of my dear people
from a faraway land,
“Is the Lord no longer in Zion,(Y)
her King not within her?”
Why have they angered me
with their carved images,
with their worthless foreign idols?(Z)
20 Harvest has passed, summer has ended,
but we have not been saved.
21 I am broken by the brokenness
of my dear people.(AA)
I mourn; horror has taken hold of me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead?(AB)
Is there no physician there?
So why has the healing of my dear people
not come about?
Jeremias 8
Magandang Balita Biblia
Jeremias 8
Magandang Balita Biblia
8 “Pagdating ng panahong iyon,” sabi pa ni Yahweh, “ang kalansay ng mga hari at mga pinuno sa Juda, mga pari, mga propeta, at iba pang naninirahan sa Jerusalem, ay aalisin sa kanilang libingan. 2 Ibibilad ang mga ito sa liwanag ng araw, buwan, at mga bituin na kanilang minahal, pinaglingkuran, sinunod, sinangguni, at sinamba. Sa halip na tipunin at ibaon, ang mga kalansay ay parang duming ikakalat sa lupa. 3 Para sa mga nabubuhay pa sa makasalanang lahing ito na nagkalat sa mga lupaing pinagtapunan ko sa kanila, nanaisin pa nila ang mamatay kaysa patuloy na mabuhay. Akong si Yahweh na Makapangyarihan sa lahat ang nagsasabi nito.”
Ang Kasalanan at ang Kaparusahan
4 “Jeremias, akong si Yahweh ang nagsasalita sa aking bayan. Kapag nabuwal ang isang tao, hindi ba muli siyang bumabangon? Kapag naligaw siya ng daan, hindi ba muli siyang magbabalik? 5 Bayan kong hinirang, bakit kayo lumalayo sa akin ngunit hindi naman nagbabalik? Bakit hindi ninyo maiwan ang inyong mga diyus-diyosan, at ayaw ninyong magbalik sa akin? 6 Naghintay ako at nakinig ngunit walang nagsalita ng katotohanan. Ni walang nagsisi sa kanyang kasalanan. Wala man lamang nagtanong, ‘Anong kasalanan ang nagawa ko?’ Bawat isa ay ginawa ang sariling maibigan, gaya ng kabayong patungo sa digmaan. 7 Nalalaman ng ibong palipat-lipat ng tirahan, ng batu-bato, ng langay-langayan at ng tagak, kung kailan sila dapat lumipat at kung kailan dapat magbalik. Ngunit kayo, na aking bayan, hindi ninyo nalalaman ang aking kautusan na dapat ninyong sundin. 8 Paano ninyo nasabing, ‘Kami'y matatalino; nasa amin ang kautusan ni Yahweh’? Ang kautusan ay binago ng mga mandarayang eskriba. 9 Mapapahiya ang kanilang mga matatalino; sila'y malilito at mabibigo. Sapagkat tinanggihan nila ang salita ni Yahweh, anong karunungan ang taglay nila ngayon? 10 Kaya(A) ibibigay ko sa iba ang kanilang mga asawa; ang kanilang bukid ay tatamnan ng ibang tao. Ang lahat, dakila man o abâ, ay gumagamit ng pandaraya upang yumaman. Pati mga propeta at mga pari ay nandaraya. 11 Hindi(B) nila pansin ang kahirapan ng aking bayan. Ang sabi nila, ‘Payapa ang lahat,’ gayong wala namang kapayapaan. 12 Ikinahiya ba nila ang kanilang masasamang gawa? Hindi! Hindi na sila marunong mahiya! Makapal na ang kanilang mukha. Kaya nga, babagsak sila tulad ng iba. Ito na ang kanilang magiging wakas kapag sila'y aking pinarusahan. Ito ang sabi ni Yahweh.
13 “Lilipulin ko na ang aking bayan sapagkat ang katulad nila'y punong ubas na walang bunga, o puno ng igos na walang pakinabang; nalanta na pati mga dahon. Kaya't tatanggapin nila ang bunga ng kanilang ginawa.”
14 “Bakit tayo nakaupo at walang ginagawa?” tanong nila. “Halina kayo, tayo'y magtago sa mga lunsod na matibay, at doon na tayo mamatay. Hinatulan na tayo ni Yahweh na ating Diyos upang mamatay. Binigyan niya tayo ng tubig na may lason upang inumin sapagkat nagkasala tayo sa kanya. 15 Naghintay tayo ng kapayapaan ngunit walang nangyari; umasa ng kaligtasan ngunit kakila-kilabot na hirap ang dumating sa atin. 16 Naririnig hanggang sa lunsod ng Dan ang ingay ng mga kabayo ng kaaway. Nanginginig na sa takot ang buong bansa sa yabag pa lamang ng mga kabayong pandigma. Dumating na ang wawasak sa ating lupain at sa lahat ng naroon; sa ating lunsod at sa lahat ng naninirahan doon.”
17 “Humanda kayo!” sabi ni Yahweh. “Magpapadala ako ng mga ahas na makamandag, mga ulupong na hindi mapaaamo, upang kayo'y tuklawin.”
Ang Kalungkutan ni Jeremias Dahil sa Kanyang Bayan
18 Hindi mapapawi ang nadarama kong kalungkutan;
nagdurugo ang aking puso.
19 Pakinggan ninyo! Naririnig ko
ang iyakan ng buong bayan,
“Wala na ba sa Zion si Yahweh?
Wala na ba roon ang hari ng Zion?”
At sumagot si Yahweh,
“Bakit ninyo ako ginagalit? Bakit kayo sumasamba sa mga diyus-diyosan na hindi ninyo kilala at wala namang kabuluhan?”
20 At sumigaw ang bayan:
“Dumaan na ang tag-araw, tapos na rin ang anihan,
ngunit hindi pa kami naliligtas!”
21 Para akong sinuntok sa dibdib
dahil sa hirap na sinapit ng aking bayan;
ako'y nanangis; lubos akong nalilito.
22 Wala na bang panlunas sa Gilead?
Wala na bang manggagamot diyan?
Bakit hindi gumagaling ang aking bayan?
Jeremiah 8
King James Version
Jeremiah 8
King James Version
8 At that time, saith the Lord, 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:
2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the Lord of hosts.
4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6 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.
7 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 judgment of the Lord.
8 How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
10 Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11 For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the Lord.
13 I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes 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.
14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the Lord our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the Lord.
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the Lord.
18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
19 Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the Lord in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Jeremiah 8
New International Version
Jeremiah 8
New International Version
8 “‘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. 2 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) 3 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
4 “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?
5 Why then have these people turned away?
Why does Jerusalem always turn away?
They cling to deceit;(K)
they refuse to return.(L)
6 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.
7 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.
8 “‘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?
9 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?”
20 “The harvest is past,
the summer has ended,
and we are not saved.”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:13 The meaning of the Hebrew for this sentence is uncertain.
- Jeremiah 8:18 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.
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