Jeremiah 8:8
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Jeremiah 8:8 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Jeremiah 8:8 is a verse from the book of Jeremiah in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "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..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Jeremiah 8:8 — KJV
“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. in vain made...: or, the false pen of the scribes worketh for falsehood”
— Jeremiah 8:8 (KJV)
Jeremiah 8:8 in Context — About the Book of Jeremiah
Jeremiah preached for forty years to a nation that would not listen, weeping as Jerusalem fell. Yet from the rubble come some of Scripture's most hopeful promises: plans to prosper and not harm, a new covenant written on hearts, and a God who invites us to call and see great things.
Cross-References for Jeremiah 8:8
“And Elisha said unto him, Go, say unto him, Thou mayest certainly recover: howbeit the LORD hath shewed me that he shall surely die.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:8: how, say, lord
“How then comfort ye me in vain, seeing in your answers there remaineth falsehood? falsehood: Heb. transgression?”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:8: how, vain, false
“Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden? Yea...: Heb. Yea, because, etc.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:8: lord, made, pen
“And it repented the LORD that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:8: lord, made, pen
“And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them. both...: Heb. from man unto beast”
Shares key themes with Jeremiah 8:8: lord, made, pen
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