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8 : 1 At that time, declares theLord, the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of its officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem shall be brought out of their tombs.
8 : 2 And they shall be spreadbefore the sun and the moon and all the host of heaven, which they have loved and served, which they have gone after, and which they have sought and worshiped.And they shall not be gathered or buried.They shall be as dung on the surface of the ground.
8 : 3 Death shall be preferred to life by all the remnant that remains of this evil familyin all the places where I have driven them, declares theLordof hosts.
8 : 4 You shall say to them, Thus says theLord:When men fall, do they not rise again?If one turns away, does he not return?
8 : 5 Why then has this peopleturned awayin perpetualbacksliding?They hold fast to deceit;they refuse to return.
8 : 6 I have paid attention and listened,but they have not spoken rightly;no man relents of his evil,saying,What have I done?Everyone turns to his own course,like a horse plunging headlong into battle.
8 : 7 Even the stork in the heavensknows her times,andthe turtledove,swallow, and cranekeep the time of their coming,but my people know notthe rulesof theLord.
8 : 8 How can you say,We are wise,and the law of theLordis with us?But behold, the lying pen of the scribeshas made it into a lie.
8 : 9 The wise men shall be put to shame;they shall be dismayedand taken;behold, they have rejected the word of theLord,so what wisdom is in them?
8 : 10 Therefore I will give their wives to othersand their fields to conquerors,because from the least to the greatesteveryoneis greedy for unjust gain;from prophet to priest,everyone deals falsely.
8 : 11 They have healedthe wound of my people lightly,saying,Peace, peace,when there is no peace.
8 : 12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination?No,they were not at all ashamed;they did not know how to blush.Therefore they shall fall among the fallen;when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,says theLord.
8 : 13 When I would gather them, declares theLord,there areno grapes on the vine,nor figs on the fig tree;even the leaves are withered,and what I gave them has passed away from them.
8 : 14 Why do we sit still?Gather together;let us go into the fortified citiesand perish there,for theLordour God has doomed us to perishand hasgiven uspoisoned water to drink,because we have sinned against theLord.
8 : 15 We looked for peace, but no good came;for a time of healing, but behold, terror.
8 : 16 The snorting of their horses is heardfrom Dan;at the sound of the neighingof their stallionsthe whole land quakes.They comeand devour the land and all that fills it,the city and those who dwell in it.
8 : 17 For behold, I am sending among youserpents,addersthat cannot be charmed,and they shall bite you,declares theLord.
8 : 18 My joy is gone; grief is upon me;my heart is sick within me.
8 : 19 Behold, the cry of the daughter of my peoplefromthe length and breadth of the land:Is theLordnot in Zion?Is her King not in her?Why have they provoked me to anger with their carved imagesand with their foreign idols?
8 : 20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended,and we are not saved.
8 : 21 For the wound ofthe daughter of my people is my heart wounded;I mourn, and dismay has taken hold on me.
8 : 22 Is there nobalm in Gilead?Is there no physician there?Why then has the health of the daughter of my peoplenot been restored?