Verse 6

Jeremiah 8:6

Young's Literal Translation

6 I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing 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.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 8 Context
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2 And have spread them to sun, and to moon, And to all the host of the heavens, that they have loved,... Focus ↗
3 And chosen is death rather than life By all the remnant who are left of this evil family, In all the... Focus ↗
4 And thou hast said unto them: Thus said Jehovah, Do they fall, and not rise? Doth he turn back, and... Focus ↗
5 Wherefore hath this people of Jerusalem Turned back -- a perpetual backsliding? They have kept hold... Focus ↗
6 I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedn...
7 Even a stork in the heavens hath known her seasons, And turtle, and swallow, and crane, Have watched... Focus ↗
8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, And the law of Jehovah [is] with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wroug... Focus ↗
9 Ashamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehov... Focus ↗
10 Therefore, I give their wives to others, Their fields to dispossessors, For from the least even unto... Focus ↗
11 And they heal the breach of the daughter of my people slightly, Saying, Peace, peace! and there is n... Focus ↗
12 They were ashamed when they did abomination! Yea, they are not at all ashamed, And blushing they hav... Focus ↗
13 I utterly consume them, an affirmation of Jehovah, There are no grapes in the vine, Yea, there are n... Focus ↗
14 Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent th... Focus ↗
15 Looking for peace -- and there is no good, For a time of healing, and lo, terror. Focus ↗
16 From Dan hath been heard the snorting of his horses, From the voice of the neighings of his mighty o... Focus ↗
17 For, lo, I am sending among you serpents, Vipers that have no charmer, And they have bitten you, an... Focus ↗
18 My refreshing for me [is] sorrow, For me my heart [is] sick. Focus ↗
19 Lo, the voice of a cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off, Is Jehovah not in Zion? is... Focus ↗
20 Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we -- we have not been saved. Focus ↗
21 For a breach of the daughter of my people have I been broken, I have been black, astonishment hath s... Focus ↗
22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? For wherefore hath not the health of the da... Focus ↗