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Jeremiah 8:20
"They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.'
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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."
Amplified Bible
"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].
"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].
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 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 take away their harvests, says the Lord . There will be no grapes on their vines. There will be no figs on their fig trees. Even the leaves on their trees will wither. The crops that I gave them will be taken away.'" 14 The people say, "Why are we just sitting here? Let us gather together inside the fortified cities. Let us at least die there fighting, since the Lord our God has condemned us to die. He has condemned us to drink the poison waters of judgment because we have sinned against him. 15 We hoped for good fortune, but nothing good has come of it. We hoped for a time of relief, but instead we experience terror. 16 The snorting of the enemy's horses is already being heard in the city of Dan. The sound of the neighing of their stallions causes the whole land to tremble with fear. They are coming to destroy the land and everything in it! They are coming to destroy the cities and everyone who lives in them!" 17 The Lord says, "Yes indeed, I am sending an enemy against you that will be like poisonous snakes which cannot be charmed away. And they will inflict fatal wounds on you." 18 Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart! 19 I hear my dear people crying out throughout the length and breadth of the land. They are crying, ‘Is the Lord no longer in Zion? Is her divine King no longer there?'" The Lord answers, "Why then do they provoke me to anger with their images, with their worthless foreign idols?" 20 "They cry, ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, and still we have not been delivered.' 21 My heart is crushed because my dear people are being crushed. I go about crying and grieving. I am overwhelmed with dismay. 22 There is still medicinal ointment available in Gilead! There is still a physician there! Why then have my dear people not been restored to health?
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 some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
But Abel brought some of the firstborn of his flock—even the fattest of them. And the Lord was pleased with Abel and his offering,
Genesis 7:2
You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,
You must take with you seven of every kind of clean animal, the male and its mate, two of every kind of unclean animal, the male and its mate,
Genesis 8:1
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.
But God remembered Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over the earth and the waters receded.
Genesis 8:4
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.
On the seventeenth day of the seventh month, the ark came to rest on one of the mountains of Ararat.
Genesis 8:7
and sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.
and sent out a raven; it kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up on the earth.
Genesis 8:8
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
Genesis 8:15
Then God spoke to Noah and said,
Then God spoke to Noah and said,
Genesis 8:16
"Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
"Come out of the ark, you, your wife, your sons, and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 8:17
Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!"
Bring out with you all the living creatures that are with you. Bring out every living thing, including the birds, animals, and every creeping thing that creeps on the earth. Let them increase and be fruitful and multiply on the earth!"
Genesis 13:4
This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord .
This was the place where he had first built the altar, and there Abram worshiped the Lord .
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."
