Bible Chapter Summary
Jeremiah 8 Summary
Shame and Refusal to Repent
The Lord declares He will bring out the bones of Judah's kings, princes, priests, and prophets from their graves and spread them before the heavenly bodies they have served, leaving them unburied. The people have chosen death rather than life, perpetually backsliding and holding fast to deceit while refusing to return. Despite natural creatures like the stork knowing their appointed times, Judah does not know the judgment of the Lord. Though they claim wisdom and possess the law of the Lord, they have rejected His word, and the Lord will give their wives to others and their fields to those who inherit them.
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Key verses
Jeremiah 8:1
“At that time, saith the LORD, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah, and the bones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves:”
Jeremiah 8:5
“Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.”
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.”
Jeremiah 8:9
“The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?”
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