Verse 14

Jeremiah 8:14

Young's Literal Translation

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14 Wherefore are we sitting still? Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced cities, And we are silent there, For Jehovah our God (Elohim) hath made us silent, Yea, He causeth us to drink water of gall, For we have sinned against Jehovah.

Original Language Text

hebrew

עַל מָה֙ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ יֹֽשְׁבִ֔ים הֵֽאָסְפ֗וּ וְ/נָב֛וֹא אֶל עָרֵ֥י הַ/מִּבְצָ֖ר וְ/נִדְּמָה שָּׁ֑ם כִּי֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֤י/נוּ הֲדִמָּ֨/נוּ֙ וַ/יַּשְׁקֵ֣/נוּ מֵי רֹ֔אשׁ כִּ֥י חָטָ֖אנוּ לַ/יהוָֽה

English Translation

Why are we sitting? Assemble and let us go to the fortified cities and let us be there, for the Lord our God has condemned us and has given us water of gall, for we have sinned against the Lord.

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Chapter 8 Context

1 At that time, an affirmation of Jehovah, They bring the bones of the kings of Judah, And the bones o... Focus ↗

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... Focus ↗

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...

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 ↗

Verse Information

Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 8 (22 verses)
Version: Young's Literal Translation

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