Jeremiah 8:4-7
Legacy Standard Bible
4 “You shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh,
“Do men (A)fall and not get up again?
Does one turn away and not [a]turn back?
5 Why then has this people, Jerusalem,
[b](B)Turned away in continual faithlessness?
They (C)hold fast to deceit;
They (D)refuse to return.
6 I (E)have given heed and heard,
They have spoken what is not right;
(F)No man regretted his evil,
Saying, ‘What have I done?’
Everyone turned to his course,
Like a (G)horse charging into the battle.
7 Even the stork in the sky
(H)Knows her seasons;
And the (I)turtledove and the swift and the crane
Keep the time of their [c]migration;
But (J)My people do not know
The legal judgment of Yahweh.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:4 Or repent
- Jeremiah 8:5 Or Turned away in continually turning
- Jeremiah 8:7 Lit coming
Jeremiah 8:4-7
Common English Bible
Depth of Judah’s wrongdoing
4 Say to them, The Lord proclaims:
When people fall down, don’t they get up?
When they turn aside, don’t they turn back?
5 Why then does this people, rebellious Jerusalem,
persistently turn away from me?
They cling to deceit
and refuse to return.
6 I have listened carefully
but haven’t heard a word of truth from them.
No one regrets their wrongdoing;
no one says, “What have I done?”
Everyone turns to their own course,
like a stallion dashing into the thick of battle.
7 Even the stork in the sky knows the seasons,
and the dove, swallow,[a] and crane[b]
return in due time.
But my people don’t know the Lord’s ways.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 8:7 Heb uncertain
- Jeremiah 8:7 Heb uncertain
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