Jeremiah 8:13

I would surely have harvested them, saith Hashem, 1 but no grapes are on the gefen, 1 nor te'enim (figs) on the te'enah (fig tree), 1 even the leaf shall wither; 1 and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

In Context

12Were they ashamed 1 when they did to'evah (abomination)? 1 No, they were not at all ashamed, 1 neither could they know to blush; 1 therefore shall they fall among them that fall; 1 in the time of their pekuddah (visitation [for punishment], time of reckoning) 1 they shall be brought down, saith Hashem. 1

14Why do we sit still? 1 Assemble yourselves, and let us enter into the fortified cities, 1 and let us perish there; 1 for Hashem Eloheinu hath made us to perish, 1 and given us mey rosh (poisonous water) to drink, 1 because we have sinned against Hashem. 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:39Thou shalt plant kramim, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the yayin, nor gather the grapes; for the tola'at (worm) shall eat them.

Isaiah 5:4What could have been done more to My kerem (vineyard), 1 that I have not done in it? Why, 1 when I looked that it should bring forth anavim, 1 brought it forth b'ushim? 1

Isaiah 24:21And it shall come to pass in yom hahu (that day), 1 that Hashem shall visit [in punishment] 1 the Tzeva HaMarom (Host on High, Pagan deities), 1 and the melachim of ha'adamah (kings of the earth) 1 upon ha'adamah (the earth). 1

Jeremiah 14:15Therefore thus saith Hashem concerning the nevi'im that prophesy in My Shem, and I sent them not, yet they say, Cherev and ra'av (famine) shall not be in HaAretz Hazot; By cherev and ra'av (famine) shall those nevi'im be consumed.

Ezekiel 22:19Therefore thus saith Adonoi Hashem; because ye are all become siggim, hineni, therefore I will gather you into the midst of Yerushalayim.

Ezekiel 24:3And utter a mashal unto the bais hameri (the rebellious house), and say unto them, Thus saith Adonoi Hashem: 1 Set on the siyr (cooking pot), set it on, 1 and also pour mayim into it; 1

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 8:5-13

Full of Impenitent Sinners; Hardened Wickedness of Judah. ( b. c. 606.) 4 Moreover thou shalt say unto them, Thus saith the Lord ; Shall they fall, and not arise? shall he turn away, and not return? 5 Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return. 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. 7 Yea,… Read the whole commentary →

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