Read Jeremiah 8 at Bible Gateway.
The Hebrew paragraphs:
7:32-8:3 {s} Corpses buried in Tophet/ bones unburied before the gods they served
8:4-12 {p} They have rejected the word of YHVH, so what wisdom do they have?
8:13-16 {p} YHVH has put us to silence because we have sinned against Him
8:17 {s} YHVH will send serpents among them to bite them
8:18-22 {s} YHVH’s mourning for the daughter of His people
The Strong themes:
7:32-8:12 {s+p} Corpses of this evil generation buried in Tophet; they have rejected YHVH’s word, have no wisdom
The Chiastic structures:
Jeremiah 8:4-22 expanded Reverse parallelism pdf
The scribes were Levites who copied the Torah scrolls, following a strict set of standards to ensure no mistake was made in even a jot or tittle (the smallest marks of the Hebrew letters). They were also teachers of the Law and wrote commentaries on the meaning of the Torah and its observance. YHVH charges them with a lying pen. Their pen did not lie in their scroll copying (Yeshua affirms the accuracy of the Law in Mat 5:18), but in their commentary. They taught the people that the Temple in Jerusalem as the place of God’s presence upon the ark of the covenant, meant ‘Peace, peace’—no disaster could befall the holy city. Therefore, the people (and the rulers, priests, scribes, and prophets) were strengthened in their wrongdoing.
Why This Matters: God does not approve of wrongdoing, no matter what pin-headed theologians or “Bible experts” say. Don’t believe the word of man when it contradicts the word of God!
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