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Jeremiah 8:6 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 8 · verse 6
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.Jeremiah 8:6 · King James Version
Jeremiah 8:6 in context
4Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return?
5Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
6I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.
7Yea, 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.
8How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- wickednessraʻbad or evilH7451 →
- hearkenedqâshabto prick up the earsH7181 →
- repentednâchamproperly, to sighH5162 →
- arightdâbarperhaps properly, to arrangeH1696 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- turnedshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
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The prophet here is instructed to set before this people the folly of their impenitence, which was it that brought this ruin upon them.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 4-12