Jeremiah 6:14-16a
“14They have healed also the hurt of the daughter of
my people
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
15Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore they shall fall among them that fall: at the time that I visit them they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.
16Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls.”
Jeremiah 6:26-30
26O daughter of
my people,
gird thee with sackcloth, and wallow thyself in ashes: make thee mourning, as for an only son, most bitter lamentation: for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us. 27I have set thee for a tower and a fortress among
my people,
that thou mayest know and try their way.
28They are all grievous revolters, walking with slanders:
they are brass and iron; they are all corrupters.
… the wicked are not plucked away.
30Reprobate silver shall men call them, because the LORD hath rejected them.”
Chapter 7
Jeremiah 7:12,13
“12But go ye now unto
my place
which was in Shiloh, where I set
my name
at the first, and see what I did to it for the wickedness of
my people…
13And now… saith the LORD… I spake unto you, rising up early and speaking, but ye heard not; and I called you, but ye answered not.”
Jeremiah 7:23,24
“This thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be
my people:
and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.
24But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but
walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and
went backward, and not forward.”
Chapter 8
Jeremiah 8:7,9
“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 LORD…
they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?”
Jeremiah 8:11-13a (See also Jeremiah 6:14-16a)
“11For they have healed the hurt of the daughter of
my people
slightly, saying, Peace, peace; when there is no peace.
12Were 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 LORD. 13I will surely consume them, saith the LORD
Jeremiah 8:19-22
“19Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of
my people
because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her?
Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?
20The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21For 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?”