Jeremiah Chapter 8

Calamities of Judah

8:1 At that time, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judahיְהוּדָה
Modern: Yəhūda, Tiberian: Yŭhūḏā), literally “thanksgiving” or “praise,” is the noun form of the root Y-D-H (ידה), “to thank” or “to praise. The fourth of the six sons of Jacob and Leah. Also referring to the tribe of Judah or The Kingdom of Judah later referred to as Judea For more info click here
, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests הַכֹּהֲנִים
hakōhănîm – Kohenim = priests, Plural principal officers or chief rulers For more info click here
, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here
, out of their graves:
8:2 And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the hostsצְבָא
Transliteration:ṣāḇā’ Pronunciation: tsaw-baw’ “hosts” is tzva’ which is a term that describes “military units.” They have specific functions to carry out in a military campaign. The two places these military units are located is in the sky and on the earth. a mass of persons (or figuratively, things), especially reg. organized for war (an army); by implication, a campaign, literally or figuratively (specifically, hardship, worship):—appointed time, (+) army, (+) battle, company, host, service, soldiers, waiting upon, war(-fare) – Continue reading at: click here
of the heavensהַשָּׁמַיִם
Transliteration:haššāmayim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – the visible heavens, the abode of the stars like the visible universe, the sky, the atmosphere For more info click here
, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshiped: they shall not be gathered, or be buried; they shall be for dung on the face of the earth.
8:3 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 where I have driven them, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
of hostsצְבָאוֹת
Transliteration:ṣāḇā’ Pronunciation: tsaw-baw’ From the Hebrew root word translated “hosts” is tzva’ which is a term that describes “military units.” They have specific functions to carry out in a military campaign. The two places these military units are located is in the sky and on the earth. Continue reading at: click here
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8:4 Then you shall say to them, So says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
8:5 Why then are these people of Jerusalemיְרוּשָׁלַם
Transliteration: yᵊrûšālam – Pronunciation: yer-oo-shaw-lah’-im – proper locative noun meaning “teaching of peace” or possession of peace – also called the city of David and Zion – the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split For more info click here
turned back by a perpetual turning away? They cling to deceit, they refuse to return.
8:6 I listened and heard, but they spoke nothing right: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone runs off in his own direction, like the horse rushes into the battle.
8:7 Yes, the stork in the heavensבַשָּׁמַיִם
Transliteration:ḇaššāmayim – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Absolute – in the visible heavens, in the abode of the stars like the visible universe, in the sky, in the atmosphere For more info click here
knows her seasons; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow their migration times; but my people don’t know the judgment of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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8:8 How can y’all say, We are wise, and the Torahוְתוֹרַת
Transliteration: vᵊṯôraṯ; and the law, and the teaching, and the direction, and the instruction – The first five books of the Bible or also called “the books of Moses” comes from an archery term meaning to shoot.
of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
is with us? Look, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
8:9 The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: see, they have rejected the word of YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
; and what wisdom is in them?
8:10 So will I give their wives to others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: because everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even to the priestכֹּהֵן
kôhên, ko-hane’ Kohen = priest, principal officer or chief ruler For more info click here
everyone deals falsely.
8:11 Because they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peaceשָׁלוֹם
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, well being, wholeness, prosperity For more info click here
,peaceשָׁלוֹם
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, well being, wholeness, prosperity For more info click here
; when [there is] no peaceשָׁלוֹם
Transliteration šālôm Pronunciation shaw-lome’ shalom – completeness, soundness, welfare, peace, well being, wholeness, prosperity For more info click here
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8:12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, or could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be thrown down, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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Judgements on impenitence


8:13 I will surely consume them, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
: 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.
8:14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defensed cities, and let us be silent there: because YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
our Elohim אֱלֹהֵינוּ
Pronounced:’ĕlōhênû – Hebrew Noun: Common Masculine Plural Construct root word is Elohim for more info on the word click here
has put us to silence, and given us bitter water to drink, because we have sinned against YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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8:15 We looked for peaceלְשָׁלוֹם
Transliteration lᵊšālôm shalom – for completeness, for soundness, for welfare, for peace, for well being, for wholeness, for prosperity For more info click here
, but no goodטוֹב
Transliteration:ṭôḇ Pronunciation:tobe – good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well):—beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair. For more info click here
came; and for a time of health, and behold trouble!
8:16 The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan מִדָּן
Transliteration: midān, “judgment” or “he judged”) was the first of the two sons of Jacob and Bilhah (Jacob’s fifth son). His mother, Bilhah, was Rachel’s handmaid, who becomes one of Jacob’s concubines, the tribe descended from Dan – a city in Dan, the most northern landmark of Palestine – For more info click here
: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; because they have come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that live in it.
8:17 Because I will send snakes, vipers, among you, that will not be charmed, and they will bite you, says YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
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A desperate state


8:18 When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
8:19 Look the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that live in a far country: Isn’t YAHWEH יְהֹוָה
Hebrew Yəhōwā, one vocalization of the Tetragrammaton יהוה‎ (YHWH), the proper name of the God of Israel in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament. It is considered one of the seven names of God in Judaism and a form of God’s name in Christianity. Covenant making covenant keeping GOD. For more info click here
in Zionבְּצִיּוֹן
LXX Σιών, also variously transliterated bᵊṣîyôn in Zion = “parched place” often used as a synonym for Jerusalem as well as for the Land of Israel as a whole For more info click here
? Isn’t her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved images, and with strange vanities?
8:20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not savedנוֹשָׁעְנוּ
Transliteration: nôšāʿnû – masculine noun יָשַׁע to be safe; causatively, to free or succor:—× at all, avenging, defend, deliver(-er), help, preserve, rescue, be safe, bring (having) salvation, save(-iour), get victory, made safe – For more info click here
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8:21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment has taken hold on me.
8:22 Is there no balm in Gileadבְּגִלְעָד
or Gilad (/ˈɡɪliəd/; Gilʿāḏ) Galeed = “witness heap” or “rocky region” is the ancient, historic, biblical name of the mountainous northern part of the region of Transjordan, the people of the region, son of Machir and grandson of Manasseh, father of Jephthah
; is there no physician there? why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?

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