Jer 8 | EngLXX | STEP | At that time, says the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Juda, and thebones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of theinhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves;

‏ Jeremiah 8

1 At that time, says the Lord, they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Juda, and thebones of his princes, and the bones of the priests, and the bones of the prophets, and the bones of theinhabitants of Jerusalem, out of their graves; 2 and they shall spread them out to the sun, and the moon, and to all the stars, and toall the host of heaven, which they have loved, and which they have served, and after which they have walked,and to which they have held, and which they have worshipped; they shall not be mourned for, neither shallthey be buried; but they shall be for an example on the face of the earth, 3 because they chose death rather than life, even to all the remnant that are left of thatfamily, in every place whither I shall drive them out. 4 For thus says the Lord, Shall not he that falls arise? or he that turns away, shall henot turn back again? 5 Wherefore has this my people turned away with a shameless revolting, and strengthenedthemselves in their willfulness, and refused to return? 6 Hearken, I pray you, and hear: will they not speak thus, There is no man that repentsof his wickedness, saying, What have I done? the runner has failed from his course, as a tired horse inhis neighing. 7 Yes, the stork in the heaven knows her time,also the turtle-dove and wild swallow; the sparrows observe the times of their coming in; butthis my people knows not the judgments of the Lord. 8 How will you⌃ say, We are wise, and the law of the Lord is with us? In vain have the scribesused a false pen. 9 The wise men are ashamed, and alarmed, and taken; because they have rejected the wordof the Lord; what wisdom is there in them? 10 Therefore will I give their wives to others, and their fields tonew inheritors; and they shall gather their fruits, says the Lord. 13 There are no grapes on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig-trees, and the leaveshave fallen off. 14 Why do we sit still? assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the strong cities, andlet us be cast out there: for God has cast us out, and made us drink water of gall, because we have sinnedbefore him. 15 We assembled for peace, but there was no prosperity; for a time of healing, but beholdanxiety. 16 We shall hear the neighing of his swift horses out of Dan: the whole land quaked at thesound of the neighing of his horses; and he shall come, and devour the land and the fullness of it; thecity, and them that dwell in it. 17 For, behold, I send forth against you deadly serpents, which can’t be charmed, and theyshall bite you 18 mortally with the pain of your distressed heart. 19 Behold,there is a sound of the cry of the daughter of my people from a land afar off: Is not the Lordin Sion? is there not a king there? because they have provoked me with their gravenimages, and with strange vanities. 20 The summer is gone, the harvest is past, and we are not saved. 21 For the breach of the daughter of my people I have been saddened: in my perplexity pangshave seized upon me as of a woman in travail. 22 And is there no balm in Galaad, or is there no physician there? why has not the healingof the daughter of my people taken place?