Jeremiah 8:4-10

Sin and Punishment

4 “Say to them, ‘This is what the LORD says: “ ‘When people fall down, do they not get up? When someone turns away, do they not return?
5 Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.
6 I have listened attentively, but they do not say what is right. None of them repent of their wickedness, saying, “What have I done?” Each pursues their own course like a horse charging into battle.
7 Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons, and the dove, the swift and the thrush observe the time of their migration. But my people do not know the requirements of the LORD.
8 “ ‘How can you say, “We are wise, for we have the law of the LORD,” when actually the lying pen of the scribes has handled it falsely?
9 The wise will be put to shame; they will be dismayed and trapped. Since they have rejected the word of the LORD, what kind of wisdom do they have?
10 Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

Cross References 18

  • 1. Proverbs 24:16; Micah 7:8
  • 2. Psalms 119:67; Jeremiah 31:19
  • 3. S Jeremiah 5:27
  • 4. Jeremiah 7:24; Jeremiah 9:6; Zechariah 7:11
  • 5. Malachi 3:16
  • 6. Revelation 9:20
  • 7. Psalms 14:1-3
  • 8. S Deuteronomy 32:28; S Jeremiah 4:22; Isaiah 1:3; Jeremiah 5:4-5
  • 9. Romans 2:17
  • 10. S Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 6:15
  • 11. S 2 Kings 19:26
  • 12. S Job 5:13
  • 13. S Jeremiah 6:19
  • 14. Proverbs 1:7; 1 Corinthians 1:20
  • 15. S Jeremiah 6:12
  • 16. S Isaiah 56:11
  • 17. Jeremiah 14:14; Lamentations 2:14
  • 18. Jeremiah 23:11,15
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