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Monday, August 18th, 2025
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
the Week of Proper 15 / Ordinary 20
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Jeremiah 8:20
"The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over, But we are not saved," [comes the voice of the people again].
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Christian Standard Bible®
Harvest has passed, summer has ended,but we have not been saved.
Harvest has passed, summer has ended,but we have not been saved.
Hebrew Names Version
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
King James Version
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
English Standard Version
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
New American Standard Bible
"Harvest is past, summer is over, And we are not saved."
"Harvest is past, summer is over, And we are not saved."
New Century Version
And the people say, "Harvest time is over; summer has ended, and we have not been saved."
And the people say, "Harvest time is over; summer has ended, and we have not been saved."
World English Bible
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The haruest is past, the sommer is ended, and we are not holpen.
The haruest is past, the sommer is ended, and we are not holpen.
Legacy Standard Bible
"Harvest is past, summer is ended,And we are not saved."
"Harvest is past, summer is ended,And we are not saved."
Berean Standard Bible
"The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved."
"The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved."
Contemporary English Version
The people complain, "Spring and summer have come and gone, but still the Lord hasn't rescued us."
The people complain, "Spring and summer have come and gone, but still the Lord hasn't rescued us."
Complete Jewish Bible
"The harvest has passed, the summer is over, and still we are not saved."
"The harvest has passed, the summer is over, and still we are not saved."
Darby Translation
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Easy-to-Read Version
And the people say, "Harvest time is over. Summer is gone, and still we have not been saved."
And the people say, "Harvest time is over. Summer is gone, and still we have not been saved."
George Lamsa Translation
The harvest is past, the grapes are gathered, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the grapes are gathered, and we are not saved.
Good News Translation
The people cry out, "The summer is gone, the harvest is over, but we have not been saved."
The people cry out, "The summer is gone, the harvest is over, but we have not been saved."
Lexham English Bible
The harvest has passed, the summer has come to an end, and we have not received help.
The harvest has passed, the summer has come to an end, and we have not received help.
Literal Translation
Harvest has passed; the summer has ended, and we are not delivered.
Harvest has passed; the summer has ended, and we are not delivered.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The haruest is gone, the Somer hath an ende, and we are not helped.
The haruest is gone, the Somer hath an ende, and we are not helped.
American Standard Version
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Bible in Basic English
The grain-cutting is past, the summer is ended, and no salvation has come to us.
The grain-cutting is past, the summer is ended, and no salvation has come to us.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.'
'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.'
King James Version (1611)
The haruest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saued.
The haruest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saued.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The haruest is gone, the sommer hath an ende, and we are not helped.
The haruest is gone, the sommer hath an ende, and we are not helped.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The summer is gone, the harvest is past, and we are not saved.
The summer is gone, the harvest is past, and we are not saved.
English Revised Version
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Heruest is passid, somer is endid; and we ben not sauyd.
Heruest is passid, somer is endid; and we ben not sauyd.
Update Bible Version
The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, and we are not saved.
Webster's Bible Translation
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
New English Translation
"They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.'
"They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.'
New King James Version
"The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved!"
"The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not saved!"
New Living Translation
"The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone," the people cry, "yet we are not saved!"
"The harvest is finished, and the summer is gone," the people cry, "yet we are not saved!"
New Life Bible
"Gathering time is past, summer is ended, and we are not saved."
"Gathering time is past, summer is ended, and we are not saved."
New Revised Standard
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The harvest is passed, The fruit-gathering, is ended; And we are not saved!
The harvest is passed, The fruit-gathering, is ended; And we are not saved!
Douay-Rheims Bible
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
Revised Standard Version
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
"The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
Young's Literal Translation
Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we -- we have not been saved.
Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we -- we have not been saved.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Harvest is past, summer is ended, And we are not saved."
"Harvest is past, summer is ended, And we are not saved."
Contextual Overview
13"I will gather and snatch them away [utterly consuming them]," says the LORD. "There will be no grapes on the vine, Nor figs on the fig tree, And even the leaf will wither; And the things that I have given them will pass away [by the hand of those whom I have appointed]."'" 14Why are we sitting still [the people wonder]? Assemble yourselves, and let us enter the fortified cities And let us die there, For the LORD our God has decreed our ruin And given us bitter and poisonous water to drink, Because we have sinned against the LORD. 15We waited for peace and salvation, but no good came, And for a time of healing, but behold, terror! 16The snorting of [Nebuchadnezzar's] horses is heard from Dan [on Palestine's northern border]. At the sound of the neighing of his strong stallions The whole land quakes; For they come and devour the land and all that is in it, The city and those who live in it. 17"For behold, I am sending serpents among you, Vipers which cannot be charmed, And they will bite you," says the LORD. 18Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing], My heart is sick and faint within me! 19Behold, [hear the sound of] the cry of the daughter of my people from the distant land [of Babylon]: "Is not the LORD in Zion? Is not her King within her?" [But the LORD answers] "Why have they provoked Me to anger with their carved images and with foreign idols?" 20"The harvest is past, the summer has ended and the gathering of fruit is over, But we are not saved," [comes the voice of the people again].21For the brokenness of the daughter of my people I (Jeremiah) am broken; I mourn, anxiety has gripped me. 22Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there? Why then has not the [spiritual] health of the daughter of my people been restored?
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Proverbs 10:5, Luke 13:25, Luke 19:44, Hebrews 3:7-15, Matthew 25:1-12
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 6:4 - for the Jeremiah 51:9 - forsake Lamentations 4:17 - our eyes
Cross-References
Genesis 4:4
But Abel brought [an offering of] the [finest] firstborn of his flock and the fat portions. And the LORD had respect (regard) for Abel and for his offering;
But Abel brought [an offering of] the [finest] firstborn of his flock and the fat portions. And the LORD had respect (regard) for Abel and for his offering;
Genesis 7:2
"Of every clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female;
"Of every clean animal you shall take with you seven pair, the male and his female, and of animals that are not clean, two each the male and his female;
Genesis 8:1
And God remembered and thought kindly of Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters receded.
And God remembered and thought kindly of Noah and every living thing and all the animals that were with him in the ark; and God made a wind blow over the land, and the waters receded.
Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month [five months after the rain began], the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat [in Turkey].
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month [five months after the rain began], the ark came to rest on the mountains of Ararat [in Turkey].
Genesis 8:7
and he sent out a raven, which flew here and there until the waters were dried up from the earth.
and he sent out a raven, which flew here and there until the waters were dried up from the earth.
Genesis 8:8
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the water level had fallen below the surface of the land.
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the water level had fallen below the surface of the land.
Genesis 8:15
And God spoke to Noah, saying,
And God spoke to Noah, saying,
Genesis 8:16
"Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives with you.
"Go out of the ark, you and your wife and your sons and their wives with you.
Genesis 8:17
"Bring out with you every living thing from all flesh—birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
"Bring out with you every living thing from all flesh—birds and animals and every crawling thing that crawls on the earth—that they may breed abundantly on the earth, and be fruitful and multiply on the earth."
Genesis 13:4
where he had first built an altar; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD [in prayer].
where he had first built an altar; and there Abram called on the name of the LORD [in prayer].
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The harvest is past,.... Which was in the month of Ijar, as Jarchi observes, and answers to part of April and May:
the summer is ended; which was in the month Tammuz, and answers to part of June and July:
and we are not saved; delivered from the siege of the Chaldeans; and harvest and summer being over, there were no hopes of the Egyptians coming to their relief; seeing winter was approaching; and it may be observed, that it was in the month of Ab, which answers to part of July and August, that the city and temple were burnt. These are the words of the people of the Jews, despairing of help and salvation. So the Targum,
"the congregation of Israel said, the time is passed, the end is up, and we are not redeemed.''
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The summer - Rather, the fruit-gathering, which follows the grain-harvest. The grain has failed; the fruit-gathering has also proved unproductive; so despair seized the people when they saw opportunities for their deliverance again and again pass by, until God seemed utterly to have forgotten them.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Jeremiah 8:20. The harvest is past — The siege of Jerusalem lasted two years; for Nebuchadnezzar came against it in the ninth year of Zedekiah, and the city was taken in the eleventh; see 2 Kings 25:1-3. This seems to have been a proverb: "We expected deliverance the first year - none came. We hoped for it the second year - we are disappointed; we are not saved - no deliverance is come."
