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Jeremiah 8:20 Cross-References
Explore 5 cross-references for Jeremiah 8:20 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Jeremiah chapter 8 verse 20 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”
Jeremiah 8:20 (KJV)
Commentary on Jeremiah 8:20
God responds to the people's questions with His own: 'Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities?' The Hebrew hikh'isuni (הִכְעִיסוּנִי) indicates deliberate provocation, not accidental offense. 'Graven images' (pesilim, פְּסִילִים) are carved idols; 'strange vanities' (havlei nekhar, הַבְלֵי נֵכָר) are foreign empty things—pagan deities from neighboring nations. The people ask why God abandoned Zion; God asks why they abandoned Him for worthless substitutes. The harvest imagery follows: 'The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Jeremiah 8:20
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“and has shut the door”
“but he who sleeps during the harvest is a son who causes shame.”
“even as the Holy Spirit says”
“because you didn't know the time of your visitation.,And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.,,,,,,,,”