Jeremiah · Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
Jeremiah 8 Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
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Notes on this text (2)
- The Old Testament is translated from the Hebrew, not from the Septuagint read in the Orthodox Church; there are no deuterocanonical books.
- Katharevousa (learned 19th-century Greek), as in the CrossWire module (text from theword.gr).
1 Εν τω καιρώ εκείνω, λέγει Κύριος, θέλουσιν εκρίψει τα οστά των βασιλέων του Ιούδα και τα οστά των αρχόντων αυτού και τα οστά των ιερέων, και τα οστά των προφητών και τα οστά των κατοίκων της Ιερουσαλήμ, από των τάφων αυτών·
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 και θέλουσιν απλώσει αυτά κατέναντι του ηλίου και της σελήνης και κατέναντι πάσης της στρατιάς του ουρανού, τα οποία ηγάπησαν και τα οποία ελάτρευσαν και οπίσω των οποίων περιεπάτησαν και τα οποία εξεζήτησαν και τα οποία προσεκύνησαν· δεν θέλουσι συναχθή ουδέ ταφή· θέλουσιν είσθαι διά κοπρίαν επί του προσώπου της γης.
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 Και ο θάνατος θέλει είσθαι προτιμότερος παρά την ζωήν εις άπαν το υπόλοιπον των εναπολειφθέντων από εκείνης της πονηράς γενεάς, όσοι ήθελον μείνει εν πάσι τοις τόποις, όπου ήθελον εξώσει αυτούς, λέγει ο Κύριος των δυνάμεων.
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 Και θέλεις ειπεί προς αυτούς, Ούτω λέγει Κύριος· Εάν τις πέση, δεν σηκόνεται; εάν τις εκκλίνη, δεν θέλει επιστρέψει;
4 “Moreover you shall tell them, ‘Yahweh says: “‘Do men fall, and not rise up again? Does one turn away, and not return?
5 Διά τι ο λαός ούτος της Ιερουσαλήμ εστράφη παντοτεινήν στροφήν; προσηλόνονται εις την απάτην, αρνούνται να επιστρέψωσιν.
5 Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to return.
6 Ηκροάσθην και ήκουσα, αλλά δεν ελάλησαν εν ευθύτητι· δεν υπάρχει ουδείς μετανοών από της κακίας αυτού, λέγων, Τι έπραξα; πας τις εστράφη εις την οδόν αυτού, ως ίππος εφορμών εις την μάχην.
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 Και αυτός ο πελαργός εν τω ουρανώ γνωρίζει τους διωρισμένους καιρούς αυτού· και η τρυγών και ο γερανός και η χελιδών φυλάττουσι τον καιρόν της ελεύσεως αυτών· ο δε λαός μου δεν γνωρίζει την κρίσιν του Κυρίου.
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 Πως λέγετε, Είμεθα σοφοί, και ο νόμος του Κυρίου είναι μεθ' ημών; ιδού, βεβαίως εις μάτην έγεινε τούτο· ο κάλαμος των γραμματέων είναι ψευδής.
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 Οι σοφοί κατησχύνθησαν, επτοήθησαν και συνελήφθησαν, διότι απέρριψαν τον λόγον του Κυρίου· και ποία σοφία είναι εν αυτοίς;
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 Διά τούτο θέλω δώσει τας γυναίκας αυτών εις άλλους, τους αγρούς αυτών εις εκείνους οίτινες θέλουσι κληρονομήσει αυτούς· διότι πας τις από μικρού έως μεγάλου εδόθη εις πλεονεξίαν· από προφήτου έως ιερέως, πας τις πράττει ψεύδος.
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 Διότι ιάτρευσαν το σύντριμμα της θυγατρός του λαού μου επιπολαίως, λέγοντες, Ειρήνη, ειρήνη· και δεν υπάρχει ειρήνη.
11 They have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, “Peace, peace,” when there is no peace.
12 Μήπως ησχύνθησαν ότι έπραξαν βδέλυγμα; μάλιστα ουδόλως δεν ησχύνθησαν ουδέ ηρυθρίασαν· διά τούτο θέλουσι πέσει μεταξύ των πιπτόντων· εν τω καιρώ της επισκέψεως αυτών θέλουσιν απολεσθή, είπε Κύριος.
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 Εξάπαντος θέλω αναλώσει αυτούς, λέγει Κύριος· δεν θέλουσιν είσθαι σταφυλαί εν τη αμπέλω ουδέ σύκα εν τη συκέα και το φύλλον θέλει μαρανθή· και τα αγαθά, τα οποία έδωκα εις αυτούς, θέλουσι φύγει απ' αυτών.
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 Διά τι καθήμεθα; συνάχθητε και ας εισέλθωμεν εις τας οχυράς πόλεις και ας κατασιωπήσωμεν εκεί, διότι Κύριος ο Θεός ημών κατεσιώπησεν ημάς και επότισεν ημάς ύδωρ χολής, επειδή ημαρτήσαμεν εις τον Κύριον.
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 Επροσμείναμεν ειρήνην, αλλ' ουδέν αγαθόν· καιρόν θεραπείας, αλλ' ιδού, ταραχή.
15 We looked for peace, but no good came; and for a time of healing, and behold, dismay!
16 Το φρύαγμα των ίππων αυτού ηκούσθη από Δάν· πάσα η γη εσείσθη από του ήχου του χρεμετισμού των ρωμαλέων ίππων αυτού· διότι ήλθον και κατέφαγον την γην και το πλήρωμα αυτής· την πόλιν και τους κατοικούντας εν αυτή·
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 διότι, ιδού, εγώ εξαποστέλλω προς εσάς όφεις, βασιλίσκους, οίτινες δεν θέλουσι γοητεύεσθαι αλλά θέλουσι σας δαγκάνει, λέγει Κύριος.
17 “For, behold, I will send serpents, adders among you, which will not be charmed; and they will bite you,” says Yahweh.
18 Ηθέλησα να παρηγορηθώ από της λύπης, αλλ' η καρδία μου είναι εκλελυμένη εντός μου.
18 Oh that I could comfort myself against sorrow! My heart is faint within me.
19 Ιδού, φωνή κραυγής της θυγατρός του λαού μου από γης μακράς. Δεν είναι ο Κύριος εν Σιών; ο βασιλεύς αυτής δεν είναι εν αυτή; Διά τι με παρώργισαν με τα γλυπτά αυτών, με ματαιότητας ξένας;
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 Παρήλθεν ο θερισμός, ετελείωσε το θέρος, και ημείς δεν εσώθημεν.
20 “The harvest is past. The summer has ended, and we are not saved.”
21 Διά το σύντριμμα της θυγατρός του λαού μου επληγώθην, είμαι εις πένθος, έκπληξις με κατέλαβε.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people, I am hurt. I mourn. Dismay has taken hold of me.
22 Δεν είναι βάλσαμον εν Γαλαάδ; δεν είναι εκεί ιατρός; διά τι λοιπόν η θυγάτηρ του λαού μου δεν ανέλαβε την υγείαν αυτής;
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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What the Fathers said
Passages from the Church Fathers that expound or quote this chapter, verbatim from the public-domain Schaff edition (19th-century English translations).
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“Commentary” is the opening of a homily or exposition on this chapter (John Chrysostom’s homilies, Augustine’s tractates, sermons and expositions of the Psalms). “Quotes” are sentences where the edition’s own footnotes identify a quotation of a verse here, kept only when the wording matches the verse. Only works whose authorship is not in doubt are used. Psalms follow the Hebrew/English numbering (Augustine numbers them as the Septuagint does: his Psalm 50 is Psalm 51 here).
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