Jeremiah 8:6

I paid attention and listened, but they did not speak right; no one was sorry for his wickedness, 1 no one who says, “What have I done?” All of them go where they wish, 1 like a stallion rushing toward battle. 1

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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.

In Context

5Why has this people, Jerusalem, turned away in permanent faithlessness? 1 They hold on to treachery and refuse to repent. 1

7Even the stork in heaven knows the right times; and the doves, swifts, and cranes. 1 They go on their migrations at the right time, but my people do not know Yahweh's decrees. 1

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Cross References

Job 10:2I will say to God, 'Do not merely condemn me; 1 show me why you accuse me. 1

Job 34:31Suppose someone says to God, 1 'I am certainly guilty, but I will not sin any longer; 1

Job 39:19Have you given the horse his strength? 1 Did you clothe his neck with his flowing mane? 1

Psalms 14:2Yahweh looks down from heaven on the children of mankind 1 to see if there are any who understand, 1 who seek after him. 1

Isaiah 57:17Because of the sin of his violent gain, I was angry, and I punished him; I hid my face and was angry, 1 but he went backward in the way of his heart. 1

Jeremiah 2:24a wild donkey accustomed to the wilderness, in her heat sniffing the wind! 1 Who can restrain her lust? None of the males need wear themselves out pursuing her; at mating time they will find her. 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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