Jeremiah 8
1 When that happens, declares the Lord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be taken out of their graves.
in/on/with time [the] he/she/it utterance LORD (to come out: send *Q(K)*) [obj] bone king Judah and [obj] bone ruler his and [obj] bone [the] priest and [obj] bone [the] prophet and [obj] bone to dwell Jerusalem from grave their
2 They will lie exposed to the sun and moon, and to all the stars which they loved, which they served, which they followed, which they consulted, and which they worshiped. Their bones will not be collected or reburied, but will be left like manure lying on the ground.
and to spread them to/for sun and to/for moon and to/for all army [the] heaven which to love: lover them and which to serve: minister them and which to go: follow after them and which to seek them and which to bow to/for them not to gather and not to bury to/for dung upon face: surface [the] land: soil to be
3 Those who are left of this evil family will prefer to die rather than live in every place I've scattered them, declares the Lord Almighty.
and to choose death from life to/for all [the] remnant [the] to remain from [the] family [the] bad: evil [the] this in/on/with all [the] place [the] to remain which to banish them there utterance LORD Hosts
4 Tell them this is what the Lord says: When people fall down, don't they get up again? When people go the wrong way, don't they turn around?
and to say to(wards) them thus to say LORD to fall: fall and not to arise: rise if to return: turn back and not to return: return
5 So why have these people of Jerusalem gone the wrong way? Why do they refuse to turn around from their repeated betrayals, holding on to all their lies?
why? to return: turn back [the] people [the] this Jerusalem faithlessness to conduct to strengthen: hold in/on/with deceitfulness to refuse to/for to return: return
6 I've heard exactly what they said, but they don't tell the truth. No one is sorry for doing wrong, asking, “What have I done?” Everyone chooses their own way, like a horse charging into battle.
to listen and to hear: hear not right to speak: speak nothing man: anyone to be sorry: relent upon distress: evil his to/for to say what? to make: do all his to return: turn back (in/on/with running their *Q(K)*) like/as horse to overflow in/on/with battle
7 Even storks high in the sky know when it's time to migrate. Turtledoves, swifts, and songbirds know when to fly away at the right time of the year. But my people don't know the laws of the Lord.
also stork in/on/with heaven to know meeting: time appointed her and turtledove (and swallow *Q(K)*) and crane to keep: obey [obj] time to come (in): come they and people my not to know [obj] justice: judgement LORD
8 How on earth can you say, “We're wise, and we have the Law of the Lord?” Can't you see that the writings of your teachers of the Law have turned it into lies?
how? to say wise we and instruction LORD with us surely behold to/for deception to make stylus deception secretary
9 The wise will be shown to be foolish; they will be shocked at being caught out. Can't you see that they've rejected what the Lord says—so do they have any wisdom at all?
be ashamed wise to to be dismayed and to capture behold in/on/with word LORD to reject and wisdom what? to/for them
10 I'm going to give their wives to others, and their fields to different owners, since everyone cheats because they're greedy, poor and rich alike. Even prophets and priests—they are all dishonest liars!
to/for so to give: give [obj] woman: wife their to/for another land: country their to/for to possess: take for from small and till great: large all his to cut off: to gain unjust-gain from prophet and till priest all his to make: do deception
11 They give my wounded people first aid, but they don't really care about them. They tell them, “Don't worry! We have peace!” even as war approaches.
and to heal [obj] breaking daughter people my upon to lighten to/for to say peace peace and nothing peace
12 Are they ashamed of the disgusting things they did? No, they're not ashamed at all, they can't even blush. So they will fall just like the others, when I punish them; they will drop down dead, says the Lord.
be ashamed for abomination to make also be ashamed not be ashamed and be humiliated not to know to/for so to fall: kill in/on/with to fall: kill in/on/with time punishment their to stumble to say LORD
13 I'm going to destroy them, declares the Lord. There will be no grapes left on the vines, no figs on the trees—even the leaves will wither. They will lose whatever I gave them.
to gather to cease them utterance LORD nothing grape in/on/with vine and nothing fig in/on/with fig and [the] leaf to wither and to give: give to/for them to pass them
14 The people say, “Why are we sitting around here? Let's get together and run to the fortified towns. We can die there, for the Lord our God is killing us by giving us poisoned water to drink, because we sinned against him.
upon what? we to dwell to gather and to come (in): come to(wards) city [the] fortification and to silence: destroyed there for LORD God our to silence: destroyed us and to water: drink us water poison for to sin to/for LORD
15 We hoped for peace, but instead nothing good has come; we hoped for a time of healing, but instead there was only sudden terror.”
to await to/for peace and nothing good to/for time healing and behold terror
16 The snorting of enemy horses can be heard from Dan. The whole country shakes in fear at the sound of the neighing of these strong stallions, They have come to destroy the country and everything in it; Jerusalem and everyone who lives there.
from Dan to hear: hear snorting horse his from voice: sound neighing mighty: stallion his to shake all [the] land: country/planet and to come (in): come and to eat land: country/planet and fullness her city and to dwell in/on/with her
17 Watch out! I'm sending snakes among you, vipers that can't be charmed. They will come and bite you, declares the Lord.
for look! I to send: depart in/on/with you serpent serpent which nothing to/for them charm and to bite [obj] you utterance LORD
18 Nothing comforts me in my suffering; I feel terrible inside.
cheer my upon sorrow upon me heart my faint
19 Listen to my people crying out for help from a distant land, asking “Isn't the Lord present in Zion anymore? Has her King left?” Why have they made me angry, worshiping their carved images and their useless foreign idols?
behold voice cry daughter people my from land: country/planet distance LORD nothing in/on/with Zion if: surely yes king her nothing in/on/with her why? to provoke me in/on/with idol their in/on/with vanity foreign
20 “The harvest is over, the summer is finished, but we're not saved,” say the people.
to pass harvest to end: finish summer and we not to save
21 I'm crushed by the injuries suffered by my people; I mourn for them. I'm horrified at what's happened!
upon breaking daughter people my to break be dark horror: appalled to strengthen: hold me
22 Isn't there any ointment from Gilead to help heal them? Aren't there any doctors there? So why haven't my people been healed from their wounds?
balsam nothing in/on/with Gilead if: surely yes to heal nothing there for why? not to ascend: establish health daughter people my
