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

8 How 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?

9 The 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?

10 Therefore 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.

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

12 Are 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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References and Original Words

Verse 8

Cross-references

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

Original words

How אֵיכָ֤ה H349 Interjection can you say תֹֽאמְרוּ֙ H559 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural We אֲנַ֔חְנוּ H587 Pronoun - first person common plural are wise חֲכָמִ֣ים H2450 Adjective - masculine plural and the Law וְתוֹרַ֥ת H8451 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular is with us אִתָּ֑נוּ H854 Preposition | first person common plural when in fact אָכֵן֙ H403 Adverb . . . הִנֵּ֣ה H2009 Interjection the lying לַשֶּׁ֣קֶר H8267 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular pen עֵ֖ט H5842 Noun - masculine singular construct of the scribes סֹפְרִֽים׃ H5608 Noun - masculine plural has produced עָשָׂ֔ה H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular a deception שֶׁ֥קֶר H8267 Noun - masculine singular construct

Verse 9

Cross-references

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

Original words

The wise חֲכָמִ֔ים H2450 Adjective - masculine plural will be put to shame הֹבִ֣ישׁוּ H954 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural they will be dismayed חַ֖תּוּ H2865 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural and trapped וַיִּלָּכֵ֑דוּ H3920 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Since הִנֵּ֤ה H2009 Interjection they have rejected מָאָ֔סוּ H3988 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural the word בִדְבַר־ H1697 Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָה֙ H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular what מֶ֖ה H4100 Interrogative wisdom וְחָכְמַֽת־ H2451 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct do they really have לָהֶֽם׃ס Preposition | third person masculine plural

Verse 10

Cross-references

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

Original words

Therefore לָכֵן֩ H3651 Adverb I will give אֶתֵּ֨ן H5414 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker their wives נְשֵׁיהֶ֜ם H802 Noun - feminine plural construct | third person masculine plural to other men לַאֲחֵרִ֗ים H312 Preposition-l | Adjective - masculine plural [and] their fields שְׂדֽוֹתֵיהֶם֙ H7704 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural to new owners לְי֣וֹרְשִׁ֔ים H3423 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural For כִּ֤י H3588 Conjunction from the least [of them] מִקָּטֹן֙ H6996 Preposition-m | Adjective - masculine singular to וְעַד־ H5704 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the greatest גָּד֔וֹל H1419 Adjective - masculine singular all כֻּלֹּ֖ה H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular are greedy בֹּצֵ֣עַ H1214 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular for gain בָּ֑צַע H1215 Noun - masculine singular from prophet מִנָּבִיא֙ H5030 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular to וְעַד־ H5704 Conjunctive waw | Preposition priest כֹּהֵ֔ן H3548 Noun - masculine singular all כֻּלֹּ֖ה H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular practice עֹ֥שֶׂה H6213 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular deceit שָּֽׁקֶר׃ H8267 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 11

Cross-references

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

Original words

They dress וַיְרַפּ֞וּ H7495 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the wound שֶׁ֤בֶר H7667 Noun - masculine singular construct of the daughter בַּת־ H1323 Noun - feminine singular construct of My people עַמִּי֙ H5971 Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular . . . עַל־ H5921 Preposition with very little care נְקַלָּ֔ה H7043 Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular saying לֵאמֹ֖ר H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Peace שָׁל֣וֹם׀ H7965 Noun - masculine singular peace שָׁל֑וֹם H7965 Noun - masculine singular when there is no וְאֵ֖ין H369 Conjunctive waw | Adverb peace [at all] שָׁלֽוֹם׃ H7965 Noun - masculine singular

Verse 12

Cross-references

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

Original words

Are they ashamed הֹבִ֕שׁוּ H954 Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural of the abomination כִּ֥י H3588 Conjunction - תוֹעֵבָ֖ה H8441 Noun - feminine singular they have committed עָשׂ֑וּ H6213 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural No גַּם־ H1571 Conjunction they have no לֹֽא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle shame יֵבֹ֗שׁוּ H954 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural at all בּ֣וֹשׁ H954 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute they do not even לֹ֣א H3808 Adverb - Negative particle know how יָדָ֔עוּ H3045 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural to blush וְהִכָּלֵם֙ H3637 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct So לָכֵ֞ן H3651 Adverb they will fall יִפְּל֣וּ H5307 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural among the fallen בַנֹּפְלִ֗ים H5307 Preposition-b, Article | Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural when בְּעֵ֧ת H6256 Preposition-b | Noun - common singular construct I punish them פְּקֻדָּתָ֛ם H6486 Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine plural they will collapse יִכָּשְׁל֖וּ H3782 Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural says אָמַ֥ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular the LORD יְהוָֽה׃ס H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular

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