Yeremia 8:4

Bahasa Indonesia Sehari-hari

Engkau harus mengatakan kepada mereka: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Apabila orang jatuh, masakan ia tidak bangun kembali? Apabila orang berpaling, masakan ia tidak kembali?

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Alkitab Terjemahan Baru
Engkau harus mengatakan kepada mereka: "Beginilah firman TUHAN: Apabila orang jatuh, masakan ia tidak bangun kembali? Apabila orang berpaling, masakan ia tidak kembali?

Alkitab Terjemahan Lama
Dan lagi katakanlah olehmu kepada mereka itu: Demikianlah firman Tuhan: Adakah orang jatuh dan tiada bangun pula? adakah orang akan sesat menyimpang dan tiada mau balik pula?

Contextual Overview

⁴ Thus shalt thou say vnto them also: Thus saith the Lorde, Do men fall so, that they arise not vp againe? or if Israel repent, wyll not God turne againe to them? ⁵ Wherefore then is this people of Hierusalem gone so farre backe, that they turne not againe? They are euer the longer the more obstinate, and wyll not be conuerted. ⁶ For I haue loked and considered, but there is no man that speaketh a good worde, there is no man that taketh repentaunce for his sinne, that wyll so muche say, what haue I done? but euerie man turneth to his owne course, like a fierce horse headlong to the battaile. ⁷ The Storke in the ayre knoweth his appointed tyme, the Turtle doue, the Swallowe and the Crane consider the tyme of their trauayle: but my people wyll not knowe the tyme of the punishment of the Lorde. ⁸ Howe dare ye say then, we are wyse, we haue the lawe of the Lorde among vs? Truely in vayne hath he prepared his penne, and vainely haue the writers written it. ⁹ Therefore shall the wyse be confounded, they shalbe afraide and taken: for lo, they haue cast out the worde of the Lorde, what wisdome can then be among them? ¹⁰ Wherfore I wyl geue their wiues vnto aliauntes, and their fields to destroyers: For from the lowest vnto the hyest they folowe filthy lucre, and from the prophete vnto the priest they deale all with lies. ¹¹ Neuerthelesse, they heale the hurt of my people very slenderly, saying, peace, peace: where there is no peace at all. ¹² Fye for shame, howe abhominable thinges do they? and yet they be not ashamed, yea they knowe of no shame: Wherefore in the tyme of their visitation they shal fal among the dead bodies, and be ouerthrowne, saith the Lorde.

Bible Verse Review
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Moreover: Blayney justly observes, that the change of speakers here requires to be carefully attended to. The prophet first, in the name of God, reproves the people, and threatens them with grievous calamities, Jeremiah 8:4-13. Then, apostrophising his countrymen, he advises them to retire with him to some fortified city, Jeremiah 8:14-16. God then threatens to bring foes against them, that are irresistible, Jeremiah 8:17. The prophet next commiserates the daughter of his people, who is heard bewailing her forlorn case; whilst the voice of God breaks in upon her complaints, and shows that all this ruin is brought upon her by her infidelities, Jeremiah 8:18-20. The prophet regrets that her wounds had not been healed, and laments over her slain, Jeremiah 8:21, Jeremiah 9:1.

Shall they: Proverbs 24:16, Hosea 14:1, Amos 5:2, Micah 7:8

turn: Jeremiah 3:1, Jeremiah 3:22, Jeremiah 4:1, Jeremiah 23:14, Jeremiah 36:3, 1 Kings 8:38, Isaiah 44:22, Isaiah 55:7, Ezekiel 18:23, Hosea 6:1, Hosea 7:10

Reciprocal: Psalms 119:59 - turned Isaiah 24:20 - and it Jeremiah 15:7 - since Jeremiah 31:22 - backsliding Hosea 11:5 - because Haggai 2:17 - yet Luke 15:15 - he went Revelation 2:21 - space Revelation 9:20 - yet

Cross-References

Genesis 8:17
And bryng foorth with thee euery beast that is with thee, of all fleshe, both foule and cattell, and euery worme that crepeth vpon the earth, that they may breede in the earth, and bring foorth fruite, and multiplie vpon earth.

Genesis 8:19
Euery beast also, and euery worme, euery foule, and whatsoeuer crepeth vpon the earth after their kyndes, went out of the arke.

2 Kings 19:37
And it fortuned, that as he was in a temple worshipping Nisroch his God, Adramelech & Saresar his owne sonnes smote hym with the sworde: And they escaped into the lande of Armenia, and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steade.

Isaiah 37:38
Afterwarde it chaunced as he prayed in the temple of Nesroch his God, that Adramalech and Sarazer his owne sonnes slue hym with the sworde, and fled into the lande of Armenia: and Asarhaddon his sonne raigned in his steede.

Jeremiah 51:27
Set vp a token in the lande, blowe the trumpets among the heathen, prouoke the nations agaynst her, call the kyngdomes of Ararat, Menni, and Ascanez, agaynst her, set the prince agaynst her, bryng as great a sort of terrible horses agaynst her as yf they were grashoppers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Moreover, thou shalt say unto them,.... The Jews, in Jeremiah's time, in order to leave them inexcusable, though the Lord had before assured that they would not hearken to him, Jeremiah 7:27:

thus saith the Lord, shall they fall, and not rise? men, when they fall, endeavour to get up again, and generally they do:

shall he turn away, and not return? when a man turns out of the right way into a wrong one, as soon as he is sensible of his mistake, he returns back; this is usually done among men. This is generally the case in a natural sense, and might be expected in a moral sense; that whereas these people had fallen into sin, they would rise again by repentance; and, having turned from the good ways of God, would soon return again to them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The prophet here resumes from Jeremiah 7:28 the main subject of his prophecy. He again invites the Jews to repentance.

Shall they fall? - The argument is that when men fall, they do not lie upon the ground, but endeavor to get up again: and when a man loses his way, he does not persist in going on, but turns round, and retraces his steps. Israel then will be only following the dictates of comnon sense in desisting from that which she now knows to be her ruin.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 8:4. Moreover thou shalt say — Dr. Blayney very properly observes, "In that part of the prophecy which follows next, the difference of speakers requires to be attended to; the transition being quick and sudden, but full of life and energy. The prophet at first, in the name of God, reproves the people's incorrigibility; he charges their wise ones with folly, and threatens them with grievous calamities, Jeremiah 8:4-13. In the three next verses he seems to apostrophize his countrymen in his own person, and as one of the people that dwelt in the open towns, advising those that were in the like situation to retire with him into some of the fortified cities, and there wait the event with patience, since there was nothing but terror abroad, and the noise of the enemy, who had already begun to ravage the country, Jeremiah 8:14-16. God speaks, Jeremiah 8:17, and threatens to bring foes against them that should be irresistible. The prophet appears again in his own person, commiserating the daughter of his people, who is heard bewailing her forlorn case in a distant land; while the voice of God, like that of conscience, breaks in upon her complaints, and shows her that all this ruin is brought upon her by her own infidelities, Jeremiah 8:18-20. The prophet once more resumes his discourse; he regrets that no remedy can be found to close up the wounds of his country, and pathetically weeps over the number of her slain, Jeremiah 8:21; Jeremiah 9:1."

Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? — That is, It is as possible for sinners to return from their sin to God, for his grace is ever at hand to assist, as it is for God, who is pouring out his judgments, to return to them on their return to him. But these held fast deceit, and refused to return; they would not be undeceived.