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Jeremiah Mourns Under Flying Storks After Harvest
by emmanuel_higgins
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Jeremiah 8:20
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At that time,
saith the
L
ORD
, 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:
2
And they shall spread them before the sun, and the moon, and all the host of heaven, whom they have loved, and whom they have served, and after whom they have walked, and whom they have sought, and whom they have worshipped: they shall not be gathered, nor be buried; they shall be for dung upon the face of the earth.
3
And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the
L
ORD
of hosts.
4
Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the
L
ORD
; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5
Why
then
is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6
I hearkened and heard,
but
they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
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
L
ORD
.
8
How do ye say, We
are
wise, and the law of the
L
ORD
is
with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he
it;
the pen of the scribes
is
in vain.
9
The wise
men
are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the
L
ORD
; and what wisdom
is
in them?
10
Therefore will I give their wives unto others,
and
their fields to them that shall inherit
them:
for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.
11
For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of my people slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when
there is
no peace.
12
Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the
L
ORD
.
13
I will surely consume them, saith the
L
ORD
:
there shall be
no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and
the things that
I have given them shall pass away from them.
14
Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the defenced cities, and let us be silent there: for the
L
ORD
our God hath put us to silence, and given us water of gall to drink, because we have sinned against the
L
ORD
.
15
We looked for peace, but no good
came; and
for a time of health, and behold trouble!
16
The snorting of his horses was heard from Dan: the whole land trembled at the sound of the neighing of his strong ones; for they are come, and have devoured the land, and all that is in it; the city, and those that dwell therein.
17
For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which
will
not
be
charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the
L
ORD
.
18
When
I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart
is
faint in me.
19
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country:
Is
not the
L
ORD
in Zion?
is
not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images,
and
with strange vanities?
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22
Is there
no balm in Gilead;
is there
no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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