Jeremiah 8
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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:
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.

and all.

Jeremiah 19:13 And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, …

Jeremiah 44:17-19 But we will certainly do whatever thing goes forth out of our own …

Deuteronomy 4:19 And lest you lift up your eyes to heaven, and when you see the sun, …

Deuteronomy 17:3 And has gone and served other gods, and worshipped them, either the …

2 Kings 17:16 And they left all the commandments of the LORD their God, and made …

2 Kings 21:3,5 For he built up again the high places which Hezekiah his father had …

2 Kings 23:5 And he put down the idolatrous priests, whom the kings of Judah had …

2 Chronicles 33:3-5 For he built again the high places which Hezekiah his father had …

Ezekiel 8:16 And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD's house, and, …

Zephaniah 1:5 And them that worship the host of heaven on the housetops; and them …

Acts 7:42 Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; …

they shall be.

Jeremiah 9:22 Speak, Thus said the LORD, Even the carcasses of men shall fall as …

Jeremiah 16:4 They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither …

Jeremiah 22:19 He shall be buried with the burial of an donkey, drawn and cast forth …

Jeremiah 36:30 Therefore thus said the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall …

2 Kings 9:36,37 Why they came again, and told him. And he said, This is the word …

Psalm 83:10 Which perished at Endor: they became as dung for the earth.

Ecclesiastes 6:3 If a man beget an hundred children, and live many years, so that …

Zephaniah 1:17 And I will bring distress on men, that they shall walk like blind …

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.
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?

Moreover. Blayney justly observes, that the change of speakers here requires to be carefully attended to. The prophet first, in the name of God, reproves the people, and threatens them with grievous calamities. Then, apostrophising his countrymen, he advises them to retire with him to some fortified city. God then threatens to bring foes against them, that are irresistible. The prophet next commiserates the daughter of his people, who is heard bewailing her forlorn case; whilst the voice of God breaks in upon her complaints, and shows that all this ruin is brought upon her by her infidelities. The prophet regrets that her wounds had not been healed, and laments over her slain.

shall they.

Proverbs 24:16 For a just man falls seven times, and rises up again: but the wicked …

Hosea 14:1 O Israel, return to the LORD your God; for you have fallen by your iniquity.

Amos 5:2 The virgin of Israel is fallen; she shall no more rise: she is forsaken …

Micah 7:8 Rejoice not against me, O my enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when …

turn.

Jeremiah 3:1,22 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become …

Jeremiah 4:1 If you will return, O Israel, said the LORD, return to me: and if …

Jeremiah 23:14 I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: …

Jeremiah 36:3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I …

1 Kings 8:38 What prayer and supplication soever be made by any man, or by all …

Isaiah 44:22 I have blotted out, as a thick cloud, your transgressions, and, as …

Isaiah 55:7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: …

Ezekiel 18:23 Have I any pleasure at all that the wicked should die? said the Lord …

Hosea 6:1 Come, and let us return to the LORD: for he has torn, and he will …

Hosea 7:10 And the pride of Israel testifies to his face: and they do not return …

Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
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.
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.
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.
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?
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.
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
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.
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.
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.
We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
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.
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which will not be charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
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?

the voice.

Jeremiah 4:16,17,30,31 Make you mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, …

Isaiah 13:5 They come from a far country, from the end of heaven, even the LORD, …

Isaiah 39:3 Then came Isaiah the prophet to king Hezekiah, and said to him, What …

them Heb. the country of them that are afar off. the Lord.

Jeremiah 14:19 Have you utterly rejected Judah? has your soul loathed Zion? why …

Jeremiah 31:6 For there shall be a day, that the watchmen on the mount Ephraim …

Psalm 135:21 Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, which dwells at Jerusalem. Praise …

Isaiah 12:6 Cry out and shout, you inhabitant of Zion: for great is the Holy …

Isaiah 52:1 Awake, awake; put on your strength, O Zion; put on your beautiful …

Joel 2:32 And it shall come to pass, that whoever shall call on the name of …

Joel 3:21 For I will cleanse their blood that I have not cleansed: for the …

Obadiah 1:17 But on mount Zion shall be deliverance, and there shall be holiness; …

Revelation 2:1 To the angel of the church of Ephesus write; These things said he …

her king.

Psalm 146:10 The LORD shall reign for ever, even your God, O Zion, to all generations. …

Psalm 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion …

Isaiah 33:22 For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is …

why.

Jeremiah 8:5,6 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? …

Deuteronomy 32:16-21 They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations …

Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, …

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge by R. A. Torrey [ca. 1880]
Expanded version courtesy INT Bible ©2013, Used by permission

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