Jeremiah 8:20

20 “The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone,” the people cry, “yet we are not saved!”

Jeremiah 8:20 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 8:20

The harvest is past
Which was in the month of Ijar, as Jarchi observes, and answers to part of April and May: the summer is ended;
which was in the month Tammuz, and answers to part of June and July: and we are not saved;
delivered from the siege of the Chaldeans; and harvest and summer being over, there were no hopes of the Egyptians coming to their relief; seeing winter was approaching; and it may be observed, that it was in the month of Ab, which answers to part of July and August, that the city and temple were burnt. These are the words of the people of the Jews, despairing of help and salvation. So the Targum,

``the congregation of Israel said, the time is passed, the end is up, and we are not redeemed.''

Jeremiah 8:20 In-Context

18 My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken.

19 Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. “Has the LORD abandoned Jerusalem? ” the people ask. “Is her King no longer there?” “Oh, why have they provoked my anger with their carved idols and their worthless foreign gods?” says the LORD .

20 “The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone,” the people cry, “yet we are not saved!”

21 I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief.

22 Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for the wounds of my people?