Verse 6

Jeremiah 8:6

New Living Translation

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6 I listen to their conversations and don’t hear a word of truth. Is anyone sorry for doing wrong? Does anyone say, “What a terrible thing I have done”? No! All are running down the path of sin as swiftly as a horse galloping into battle!

Original Language Text

hebrew

הִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּי וָֽ/אֶשְׁמָע֙ לוֹא כֵ֣ן יְדַבֵּ֔רוּ אֵ֣ין אִ֗ישׁ נִחָם֙ עַל רָ֣עָת֔/וֹ לֵ/אמֹ֖ר מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתִי כֻּלֹּ֗/ה שָׁ֚ב ב/מרצות/ם בִּ/מְר֣וּצָתָ֔/ם כְּ/ס֥וּס שׁוֹטֵ֖ף בַּ/מִּלְחָמָֽה

English Translation

I listened, and I heard; they do not speak thus; there is no one who is sorry for his wickedness, saying, "What have I done?" All of them turn back in their courses like a horse rushing into battle.

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Chapter 8 Context

1 “In that day,” says the LORD, “the enemy will break open the graves of the kings and officials of Ju... Focus ↗

2 They will spread out their bones on the ground before the sun, moon, and stars — the gods my people... Focus ↗

3 And the people of this evil nation who survive will wish to die rather than live where I will send t... Focus ↗

4 “Jeremiah, say to the people, ‘This is what the LORD says: “‘When people fall down, don’t they get u... Focus ↗

5 Then why do these people stay on their self-destructive path? Why do the people of Jerusalem refu... Focus ↗

6 I listen to their conversations and don’t hear a word of truth. Is anyone sorry for doing wron...

7 Even the stork that flies across the sky knows the time of her migration, as do the turtledove... Focus ↗

8 “‘How can you say, “We are wise because we have the word of the LORD,” when your teachers have tw... Focus ↗

9 These wise teachers will fall into the trap of their own foolishness, for they have rejected t... Focus ↗

10 I will give their wives to others and their farms to strangers. From the least to the greatest... Focus ↗

11 They offer superficial treatments for my people’s mortal wound. They give assurances of peace<... Focus ↗

12 Are they ashamed of these disgusting actions? Not at all — they don’t even know how to blush! ... Focus ↗

13 I will surely consume them. There will be no more harvests of figs and grapes. Their fruit tre... Focus ↗

14 “Then the people will say, ‘Why should we wait here to die? Come, let’s go to the fortified to... Focus ↗

15 We hoped for peace, but no peace came. We hoped for a time of healing, but found only terror.’<br... Focus ↗

16 “The snorting of the enemies’ warhorses can be heard all the way from the land of Dan in the nort... Focus ↗

17 I will send these enemy troops among you like poisonous snakes you cannot charm. They will bit... Focus ↗

18 My grief is beyond healing; my heart is broken. Focus ↗

19 Listen to the weeping of my people; it can be heard all across the land. “Has the LORD abandon... Focus ↗

20 “The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone,” the people cry, “yet we are not saved!” Focus ↗

21 I hurt with the hurt of my people. I mourn and am overcome with grief. Focus ↗

22 Is there no medicine in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why is there no healing for th... Focus ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 8 (22 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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