KJV King James Version
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
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Jeremiah 8:20
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
“The harvest has passed, the summer has ended, but we have not been saved.”
WEB World English Bible
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
ASV American Standard Version
The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Harvest hath passed, summer hath ended, And we—we have not been saved.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 8
17 For, behold, I will send serpents, cockatrices, among you, which [will] not [be] charmed, and they shall bite you, saith the LORD.
18 [When] I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart [is] faint in me.
19 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?
20 The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved.
21 For the hurt of the daughter of my people am I hurt; I am black; astonishment hath taken hold on me.
22 [Is there] no balm in Gilead; [is there] no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered?
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Luke 13:25When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock at the door, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are:Matthew 25:1-12Then shall the kingdom of heaven be likened unto ten virgins, which took their lamps, and went forth to meet the bridegroom.Proverbs 10:5He that gathereth in summer [is] a wise son: [but] he that sleepeth in harvest [is] a son that causeth shame.Luke 19:44And 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.Hebrews 3:7-15Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice,
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