ULT JER Chapter 8

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8 “At that time”—the declaration of Yahweh—“they will bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the dwellers of Jerusalem from their graves. 2 And they will spread them out to the sun and to the moon and to all of the host of the heavens, which they loved and which they served, and that they walked after, and that they sought, and that they bowed down to. They will not be gathered, and they will not be buried. They will be for dung on the face of the land. 3 And they will choose death from life for all of the remnant who are remaining from this evil family, in all of the places of those who are remaining, where I drove them—the declaration of Yahweh of hosts.

4 And I will say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Will they fall and not rise? If one turns away, then does he not then return?

5 Why then has this people, Jerusalem, turned away, a continous apostasy?

They grasp upon deceit and refuse to turn.

6 I paid attention and listened, they did not speak rightly. There was not a man regretting over his wickedness, saying,

“What have I done?” All of them turn in their courses,

like a stallion plunging into the battle.

7 Even the stork in the heavens knows its appointed times,

and a turtledove, and a swift one, and a crane keep the time of their coming, but my people do not know the rule of Yahweh.

8 How can you say, “We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us”?

Indeed, behold! The stylus of the deceitful scribes have made it a deceitful thing.

9 The wise ones will be put to shame, they will be dismayed and will be captured.

Behold! They have rejected the word of Yahweh, so what wisdom do they have?

10 Therefore I will give their wives to others, their fields to those possessing them,

because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for dishonest gain. From the prophet to the priest, everyone deals deceitfully.

11 For they have healed the brokenness of the daughter of my people lightly,

saying, “Peace, Peace,” and there is not peace.

12 Were they ashamed when they did an abomination? No, being ashamed, they were not ashamed, they did not know how to be humiliated! Therefore they will fall among the fallen, they will stumble in the time of their punishment says Yahweh.

13 Gathering I will gather them”—the declaration of Yahweh—“there are not grapes on the vine, and there are not figs on the fig tree, and the leaf is withered, and the things I gave to them, they have passed away from them.”

14 “Why are we sitting? Be gathered, and let us go to the cities of fortification, and let us perish there,

for Yahweh our God will cause us to perish, and has given us water of poison to drink because we have sinned against Yahweh.

15 We were hoping for peace, but no good came,

for a time of healing, and behold, terror. 16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan. At the sound of the neighing of his mighty ones the whole land quakes,

for they have come and consumed the land and its fullness, the city and those dwelling in it.”

17 “For behold, I am sending snakes among you, vipers that there is not for them a charm.

And they will bite you“—the declaration of Yahweh.

18 Joy of me in sorrow; my heart is faint within me.

19 Behold! The sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a far away land! Is Yahweh not in Zion?

Is her king no longer in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their idols, with vain foreign things?

20 The harvest has passed, summer has ended, and we have not been delivered.

21 For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I am broken; I mourn, horror has seized me.

22 Is there no balm medicine in Gilead? Is there not a healer there?

Then why does the healing of the daughter of my people not go up?