Jeremiah verse by verse

[worldwatcher]

Jeremiah 7:26
Yet they hearkened not unto me, nor inclined their ear, but hardened their neck: they did worse than their fathers.

 

[Glenda]

Jer 7:27 And you shall speak all these Words to them, but they will not listen to you. And you will call to them, but they will not answer you.

 

[doc329]

Jeremiah 7:28 (KJV) But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

 

[Glenda]

Jer 7:29 Cut off your crown and throw it away, and lift up a dirge on the heights. For Jehovah has rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath.

 

[doc329]

Jeremiah 7:30 (KJV)
For the children of Judah have done evil in my sight, saith the LORD: they have set their abominations in the house which is called by my name, to pollute it.

 

[worldwatcher]

Jeremiah 7:31
And they have built the high places of Tophet, which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom, to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire; which I commanded them not, neither came it into my heart.

 

[4square]

Jer 7:32 So, behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that it shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they shall bury in Tophet, until there is no place.

 

[doc329]

Jeremiah 7:33 (KJV)
And the carcases of this people shall be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth; and none shall fray them away.

 

[Glenda]

Jer 7:34 Then I will cause the voice of gladness to cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem, even the voice of joy, and the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride. For the land shall become a waste.

 

[4square]

Jeremiah 8:1
At that time, says Jehovah, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of its rulers, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem, out of their graves.

 

[kerrylee]

Jeremiah 8:2
They'll dig them up and spread them out like a congregation at worship before sun, moon, and stars, all those sky gods they've been so infatuated with all these years, following their 'lucky stars' in doglike devotion. The bones will be left scattered and exposed, to reenter the soil as fertilizer, like manure.

 

[4square]

Jeremiah 8:3
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the rest of those who remain of this evil family, who remain in all the places where I have driven them, says Jehovah of Hosts.

 

[kerrylee]

Jeremiah 8:4
"Tell them this, GOD's Message: "'Do people fall down and not get up? Or take the wrong road and then just keep going?

 

[Jesusfan4ever]

Jeremiah 8:5

Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

 

[kiwimac]

(Jer 8:6 WEB) I listened and heard, but they didn’t speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.

 

[worldwatcher]

Jeremiah 8:7
Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.

 

[angelwind]

Jer. 8:8

How can you say, 'We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? Behold, the lying pen of the scribes has made it into a lie.

 

[bgoddenia]

Jer 8:9 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?

 

[doc329]

Jeremiah 8:10 (KJV) Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

 

[kerrylee]

Jer emiah8:11
My dear Daughter--my people--broken, shattered, and yet they put on band-aids, Saying, "It's not so bad. You'll be just fine." But things are not "just fine"!