JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:1 Removing BONES from a grave was a
great insult (2 Kings 23:16). Victorious invaders often did this (Amos
2:1). Ironically, these bones will be placed in full view of the SUN
AND THE MOON AND ALL THE HOST OF HEAVEN that Judah WORSHIPED (Jeremiah
7:17).
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:8 The Judeans possess God’s LAW, just
as they possess the temple. But their SCRIBES, the professional
copiers and teachers of the Scriptures, have altered God’s word to
fit their own desires. Thus, they have MADE IT INTO A LIE.
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:9 These so-called WISE MEN will BE PUT
TO SHAME (Jeremiah 2:26; Jeremiah 6:15) because of their changing of
God’s WORD. Rejecting God’s word proves they are really unwise.
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:11 PEACE, PEACE. See Jeremiah 6:12. The
wicked prophets and priests are like incompetent doctors who tell a
patient he or she is healthy when in fact the patient is desperately
sick (Jeremiah 17:9). Contrast Isaiah 57:18.
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:15 Israel LOOKED FOR PEACE, but only the
peace offered by false teachers (v. Jeremiah 8:11). Such so-called
HEALING brings only TERROR.
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 8:18 In this exchange between Judah and
God, the people claim that God has deserted them, but God notes their
ongoing worship of idols. They reply that they ARE NOT SAVED (and
readers must assume that this is because they are not faithful).
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