Jeremiah · Catholic Public Domain Version
Jeremiah 8 Catholic Public Domain Version
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- Esther and Daniel are the Vulgate books (Esther 1–16 with the Greek additions as chapters 10:4–16; Daniel 1–14 with the Song of the Three, Susanna and Bel). Baruch 6 is the Letter of Jeremiah.
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1 “In that time, says the Lord, they will cast out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its leaders, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of those who were living in Jerusalem, from their graves.
1 “At that time,” says Yahweh, “they will bring the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of his princes, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves.
2 And they will spread them out before the sun and the moon and the entire army of the heavens, which they have loved, and served, and followed, and which they have sought and adored. They will not be collected, and they will not be buried. They will be like manure upon the face of the earth.
2 They will spread them before the sun, the moon, and all the army of the sky, which they have loved, which they have served, after which they have walked, which they have sought, and which they have worshiped. They will not be gathered or be buried. They will be like dung on the surface of the earth.
3 And they will greatly prefer death to life: all those who will have been left from this wicked kindred, in all the forsaken places to which I will cast them out, says the Lord of hosts.
3 Death will be chosen rather than life by all the residue that remain of this evil family, that remain in all the places where I have driven them,” says Yahweh of Armies.
4 And you will say to them: Thus says the Lord: He who falls, will he not rise again? And he who has been turned away, will he not return?
4 “Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?
5 Then why have this people in Jerusalem turned away with a contentious loathing? They have taken hold of what is false, and they are not willing to return.
5 Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
6 I paid close attention and I listened carefully. No one is speaking what is good. There is no one who does penance for his sin, saying: ‘What have I done?’ They have all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing with fury into battle.
6 I listened and heard, but they didn’t say what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
7 The hawk in the heavens has known her time. The turtledove, and the swallow, and the stork have kept the time of their arrival. But my people have not known the judgment of the Lord.
7 Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times. The turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don’t know Yahweh’s law.
8 How can you say: ‘We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us?’ Truly, the lying pen of the scribes has wrought falsehood.
8 “‘How do you say, “We are wise, and Yahweh’s law is with us”? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has made that a lie.
9 The wise men have been confounded; they were terrified and captured. For they cast aside the word of the Lord, and there is no wisdom in them.
9 The wise men are disappointed. They are dismayed and trapped. Behold, they have rejected Yahweh’s word. What kind of wisdom is in them?
10 Because of this, I will give their wives to outsiders and their fields to others as an inheritance. For from the least, even to the greatest, they all pursue avarice; from the prophet, even to the priest, they all act with deceit.
10 Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to those who will possess them. For everyone from the least even to the greatest is given to covetousness; from the prophet even to the priest everyone deals falsely.
11 And they healed the destruction of the daughter of my people with disgrace, by saying: ‘Peace, peace,’ though there was no peace.
11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
12 They have been confounded because they committed abomination. Or rather, they have not been confounded with shame, for they do not know how to blush. For this reason, they will fall among the fallen. In the time of their visitation, they will fall, says the Lord.
12 Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed. They couldn’t blush. Therefore they will fall among those who fall. In the time of their visitation they will be cast down, says Yahweh.
13 When gathering, I will gather them together, says the Lord. There are no grapes on the vine, and there are no figs on the fig tree. The leaves have fallen. And I have given them the things that have passed away.”
13 “‘I will utterly consume them, says Yahweh. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’”
14 “Why are we sitting still? Assemble, and let us enter the fortified city, and let us remain silent there. For the Lord our God has brought us to silence, and he has given us the water of gall as a drink. For we have sinned against the Lord.
14 “Why do we sit still? Assemble yourselves! Let’s enter into the fortified cities, and let’s be silent there; for Yahweh our God has put us to silence, and given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against Yahweh.
15 We expected peace, but there was nothing good. We expected a time of health, and behold, dread.”
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
16 “From Dan, the snorting of his horses was heard; the entire land was shaken by the voice of the neighing of his fighters. And they arrived and devoured the land and its plenitude, the city and its inhabitants.
16 The snorting of his horses is heard from Dan. The whole land trembles at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they have come, and have devoured the land and all that is in it, the city and those who dwell therein.”
17 For behold, I will send among you serpents, king snakes, against which there is no charm, and they will bite you, says the Lord.
17 “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says Yahweh.
18 My sorrow is beyond sorrow; my heart mourns within me.
18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
19 Behold, the voice of the daughter of my people from a far away land. Is the Lord not with Zion, and is her king not within her? Then why have they provoked me to wrath by their graven images, and by their strange vanities?
19 Behold, the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land that is very far off: “Isn’t Yahweh in Zion? Isn’t her King in her?” “Why have they provoked me to anger with their engraved images, and with foreign idols?”
20 The harvest has passed by, the summer is at an end, and we have not been saved.
20 “The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
21 Over the destruction of the daughter of my people, I am contrite and saddened; astonishment has taken hold of me.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Or is there no physician there? Then why has the wound of the daughter of my people not been closed?”
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then isn’t the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
Cross references (22)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Ezekiel 6:5; 2 Chronicles 34:4–5; 2 Kings 23:20; 2 Kings 23:16; 1 Kings 13:2
- 2 2 Kings 23:5; Deuteronomy 4:19; Zephaniah 1:5; Jeremiah 9:22; Acts 7:42
- 3 Revelation 9:6; Jeremiah 29:14; Jeremiah 23:8; Jeremiah 23:3; Deuteronomy 30:4
- 4 Proverbs 24:16; Micah 7:8; Isaiah 55:7; Jeremiah 3:1; Hosea 6:1
- 5 Jeremiah 9:6; Zechariah 7:11; Jeremiah 5:3; Hebrews 12:25; John 5:40
- 6 Psalm 14:2; Ezekiel 18:28; Luke 15:17–19; 2 Peter 3:9; Isaiah 30:18
- 7 Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 5:4–5; Isaiah 5:12; Proverbs 6:6–8; Song of Songs 2:12
- 8 John 9:41; Isaiah 10:1–2; Job 5:12–13; Matthew 15:6; 1 Corinthians 3:18–20
- 9 Psalm 119:98–100; Job 5:12; Jeremiah 6:15; Psalm 19:7; Isaiah 19:11
- 10 Jeremiah 6:12–13; Ezekiel 33:31; Amos 5:11; Zephaniah 1:13; Ezekiel 22:27–28
- 11 Jeremiah 6:14; Ezekiel 13:10–16; Jeremiah 28:3–9; Jeremiah 27:9–10; Lamentations 2:14
- 12 Jeremiah 3:3; Isaiah 3:9; Deuteronomy 32:35; Jeremiah 6:15; Psalm 52:7
- 13 Matthew 21:19; Joel 1:7; Psalm 1:3–4; Jeremiah 17:8; Haggai 2:17
- 14 Jeremiah 23:15; Jeremiah 9:15; Psalm 69:21; Jeremiah 35:11; Lamentations 3:19
- 15 Jeremiah 14:19; Micah 1:12; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 8:11
- 16 Judges 5:22; 1 Corinthians 10:28; Judges 18:29; Jeremiah 4:15–16; Judges 20:1
- 17 Psalm 58:4–5; Ecclesiastes 10:11; Deuteronomy 32:24; Isaiah 14:29; Numbers 21:6
- 18 Jeremiah 6:24; Lamentations 1:16–17; Isaiah 22:4; Lamentations 5:17; Jeremiah 10:19–22
- 19 Isaiah 39:3; Isaiah 13:5; Revelation 2:1; Jeremiah 14:19; Isaiah 33:22
- 20 Luke 13:25; Proverbs 10:5; Matthew 25:1–12; Luke 19:44; Hebrews 3:7–15
- 21 Jeremiah 14:17; Nahum 2:10; Joel 2:6; Song of Songs 1:5–6; Psalm 137:3–6
- 22 Jeremiah 46:11; Genesis 37:25; Jeremiah 51:8; Jeremiah 30:12–17; Luke 8:43
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