Focused Passage

Jeremiah 8:8-12

No Peace, No Healing: Judah Refuses to Return

The chapter moves from the disgrace of dead leaders and idolatrous bones, to the people's unnatural refusal to return, to the exposure of false scribal wisdom, to the condemnation of prophets and priests who promise peace, to the certainty of judgment, and finally to Jeremiah's anguished lament over a people for whom harvest has passed and healing has not come.

Berean Standard Bible, Public Domain - Translation notes - Reference sources

8How can you say, ‘We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us,’ when in fact the lying pen of the scribes has produced a deception?

9The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what wisdom do they really have?

10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.

11They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

12Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

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Verse 8

Cross-references

Psalms 119:126Classic cross-references 1 Corinthians 3:18Classic cross-references Isaiah 10:1Classic cross-references John 3:10Classic cross-references John 9:41Classic cross-references

Original words

Howאֵיכָ֤הH349Interjectioncan you sayתֹֽאמְרוּ֙H559Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine pluralWeאֲנַ֔חְנוּH587Pronoun - first person common pluralare wiseחֲכָמִ֣יםH2450Adjective - masculine pluraland the Lawוְתוֹרַ֥תH8451Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָ֖הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularis with usאִתָּ֑נוּH854Preposition | first person common pluralwhen in factאָכֵן֙H403Adverb. . .הִנֵּ֣הH2009Interjectionthe lyingלַשֶּׁ֣קֶרH8267Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singularpenעֵ֖טH5842Noun - masculine singular constructof the scribesסֹפְרִֽים׃H5608Noun - masculine pluralhas producedעָשָׂ֔הH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singulara deceptionשֶׁ֥קֶרH8267Noun - masculine singular construct

Verse 9

Cross-references

1 Corinthians 1:19Classic cross-references Matthew 7:26Classic cross-references John 5:39Classic cross-references Isaiah 8:20Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 4:6Classic cross-references

Original words

The wiseחֲכָמִ֔יםH2450Adjective - masculine pluralwill be put to shameהֹבִ֣ישׁוּH954Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralthey will be dismayedחַ֖תּוּH2865Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluraland trappedוַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּH3920Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralSinceהִנֵּ֤הH2009Interjectionthey have rejectedמָאָ֔סוּH3988Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralthe wordבִדְבַר־H1697Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular constructof the LORDיְהוָה֙H3068Noun - proper - masculine singularwhatמֶ֖הH4100Interrogativewisdomוְחָכְמַֽת־H2451Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular constructdo they really haveלָהֶֽם׃סPreposition | third person masculine plural

Verse 10

Cross-references

Jeremiah 6:13Classic cross-references Jeremiah 6:12Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 28:30Classic cross-references Job 31:10Classic cross-references Ezekiel 33:31Classic cross-references

Original words

Thereforeלָכֵן֩H3651AdverbI will giveאֶתֵּ֨ןH5414Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markertheir wivesנְשֵׁיהֶ֜םH802Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine pluralto other menלַאֲחֵרִ֗יםH312Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural[and] their fieldsשְׂדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙H7704Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine pluralto new ownersלְי֣וֹרְשִׁ֔יםH3423Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralForכִּ֤יH3588Conjunctionfrom the least [of them]מִקָּטֹן֙H6996Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singulartoוְעַד־H5704Conjunctive waw | Prepositionthe greatestגָּד֔וֹלH1419Adjective - masculine singularallכֻּלֹּ֖הH3605Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularare greedyבֹּצֵ֣עַH1214Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularfor gainבָּ֑צַעH1215Noun - masculine singularfrom prophetמִנָּבִיא֙H5030Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singulartoוְעַד־H5704Conjunctive waw | Prepositionpriestכֹּהֵ֔ןH3548Noun - masculine singularallכֻּלֹּ֖הH3605Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularpracticeעֹ֥שֶׂהH6213Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singulardeceitשָּֽׁקֶר׃H8267Noun - masculine singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

Jeremiah 6:14Classic cross-references Jeremiah 23:17Classic cross-references Ezekiel 13:10Classic cross-references Ezekiel 13:16Classic cross-references Ezekiel 14:10Classic cross-references

Original words

They dressוַיְרַפּ֞וּH7495Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerthe woundשֶׁ֤בֶרH7667Noun - masculine singular constructof the daughterבַּת־H1323Noun - feminine singular constructof My peopleעַמִּי֙H5971Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular. . .עַל־H5921Prepositionwith very little careנְקַלָּ֔הH7043Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singularsayingלֵאמֹ֖רH559Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructPeaceשָׁל֣וֹם׀H7965Noun - masculine singularpeaceשָׁל֑וֹםH7965Noun - masculine singularwhen there is noוְאֵ֖יןH369Conjunctive waw | Adverbpeace [at all]שָׁלֽוֹם׃H7965Noun - masculine singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

Jeremiah 6:15Classic cross-references Malachi 2:14Classic cross-references Jeremiah 3:3Classic cross-references Deuteronomy 32:35Classic cross-references Isaiah 3:9Classic cross-references

Original words

Are they ashamedהֹבִ֕שׁוּH954Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common pluralof the abominationכִּ֥יH3588Conjunction-תוֹעֵבָ֖הH8441Noun - feminine singularthey have committedעָשׂ֑וּH6213Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralNoגַּם־H1571Conjunctionthey have noלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particleshameיֵבֹ֗שׁוּH954Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralat allבּ֣וֹשׁH954Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolutethey do not evenלֹ֣אH3808Adverb - Negative particleknow howיָדָ֔עוּH3045Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralto blushוְהִכָּלֵם֙H3637Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive constructSoלָכֵ֞ןH3651Adverbthey will fallיִפְּל֣וּH5307Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralamong the fallenבַנֹּפְלִ֗יםH5307Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralwhenבְּעֵ֧תH6256Preposition-b | Noun - common singular constructI punish themפְּקֻדָּתָ֛םH6486Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine pluralthey will collapseיִכָּשְׁל֖וּH3782Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralsaysאָמַ֥רH559Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singularthe LORDיְהוָֽה׃סH3068Noun - proper - masculine singular

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