KJV King James Version
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.
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Jeremiah 8:6
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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I have listened and heard; they do not speak what is right. No one repents of his wickedness, asking, ‘What have I done?’ Everyone has pursued his own course like a horse charging into battle.
WEB World English Bible
I listened and heard, but they didn’t speak aright: no man repents him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? everyone turns to his course, as a horse that rushes headlong in the battle.
ASV American Standard Version
I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I have given attention, yea, I hearken, They do not speak right, No man hath repented of his wickedness, Saying, What have I done? Every one hath turned to his courses, As a horse is rushing into battle.
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 8
3 And death shall be chosen rather than life by all the residue of them that remain of this evil family, which remain in all the places whither I have driven them, saith the LORD of hosts.
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, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the LORD.
8 How do ye say, We [are] wise, and the law of the LORD [is] with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he [it]; the pen of the scribes [is] in vain.
9 The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?
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הִקְשַׁ֤בְתִּיH7181 · qa.shavto listenוָֽאֶשְׁמָע֙H8085 · sha.mato hear: hearלוֹא־H3808 · lonotכֵ֣ןH3651 · kenrightיְדַבֵּ֔רוּH1696 · da.varto speak: speakאֵ֣יןH369 · a.yinnothingאִ֗ישׁH376 · ishmanנִחָם֙H5162 · na.chamto be sorry: comfortעַל־H5921 · aluponרָ֣עָת֔וֹH7451 · rabad: harmfulלֵאמֹ֖רH559 · a.marto sayמֶ֣הH4100 · mahwhat?עָשִׂ֑יתִיH6213 · a.sahto make: doכֻּלֹּ֗הH3605 · kolallשָׁ֚בH7725 · shuvto return: returnבִּמְר֣וּצָתָ֔םH4794 · me.ru.tsahrunningכְּס֥וּסH5483 · susswallowשׁוֹטֵ֖ףH7857 · sha.taphto overflowבַּמִּלְחָמָֽה׃H4421 · mil.cha.mahbattle
Cross-references
Psalm 14:2The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, [and] seek God.Ezekiel 18:28Because he considereth, and turneth away from all his transgressions that he hath committed, he shall surely live, he shall not die.Isaiah 30:18And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him.2 Peter 3:9The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.Luke 15:17-19And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father’s have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!Micah 7:2The good [man] is perished out of the earth: and [there is] none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.Jeremiah 5:1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be [any] that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.Malachi 3:16Then they that feared the LORD spake often one to another: and the LORD hearkened, and heard [it], and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the LORD, and that thought upon his name.Job 39:19-25Hast thou given the horse strength? hast thou clothed his neck with thunder?Revelation 9:20And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands, that they should not worship devils, and idols of gold, and silver, and brass, and stone, and of wood: which neither can see, nor hear, nor walk:Isaiah 59:16And he saw that [there was] no man, and wondered that [there was] no intercessor: therefore his arm brought salvation unto him; and his righteousness, it sustained him.Ezekiel 22:30And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.Haggai 1:5Now therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.Haggai 1:7Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Consider your ways.Job 10:2I will say unto God, Do not condemn me; shew me wherefore thou contendest with me.Jeremiah 2:24-25A wild ass used to the wilderness, [that] snuffeth up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.Job 33:27-28He looketh upon men, and [if any] say, I have sinned, and perverted [that which was] right, and it profited me not;
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