King James Version
Jeremiah 8:20 in the King James Version says “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.” — study this verse from Jeremiah chapter 8 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.”
Jeremiah 8:20 · KJV
When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me. in: Heb. upon
Behold the voice of the cry of the daughter of my people because of them that dwell in a far country: Is not the LORD in Zion? is not her king in her? Why have they provoked me to anger with their graven images, and with strange vanities? them: Heb. the country of them that are far off
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
Is there no balm in Gilead; is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? recovered: Heb. gone up?
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is past”
H5674to cross over; used very widely of any transition (literal or figurative; transitive, intransitive, intensive, causative); specifically, to cover (in
“is ended”
H3615to end, whether intransitive (to cease, be finished, perish) or transitive (to complete, prepare, consume)
“the summer”
H7019harvest (as the crop), whether the product (grain or fruit) or the (dry) season
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and we are not saved”
H3467properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor
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