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Jeremiah 8:20

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8:20“They cry,53 ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over,54

and still we have not been delivered.’

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Footnotes

  1. 53 The words “They say” are not in the text; they are supplied in the translation to make clear that the lament of the people begun in v. 19b is continued here after the interruption of the Lord’s words in v. 19c.
  2. 54 Heb “Harvest time has passed, the summer is over.” This appears to be a proverbial statement for “time marches on.” The people appear to be expressing their frustration that the Lord has not gone about his business of rescuing them as they expected. For a similar misguided feeling based on the offering of shallow repentance see Hos 6:1–3 (and note the Lord’s reply in 6:4–6).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“The harvest is past, the summer is ended,

and we are not saved.”

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“The harvest is past,

the summer has ended,

and we are not saved.”

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Harvest has passed, summer has ended,

but we have not been saved.

NLTNew Living Translation

“The harvest is finished,

and the summer is gone,” the people cry,

“yet we are not saved!”

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The harvest has passed,

the summer has come to an end,

and we have not received help.

KJV 1900King James Version

The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.