Jeremiah 8:13

Judgment

¹¹ They dress the wound of the daughter of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.

¹² Are they ashamed of the abomination they have committed? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they will collapse, says the LORD.

I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”

¹⁴ Why are we just sitting here? Gather together, let us flee to the fortified cities and perish there, for the LORD our God has doomed us. He has given us poisoned water to drink, because we have sinned against the LORD.

¹⁵ We hoped for peace, but no good has come, for a time of healing, but there was only terror.

This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”
KJV: I will surely consume them, saith the LORD: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.
WEB: “‘I will utterly consume them, says the LORD. No grapes will be on the vine, no figs on the fig tree, and the leaf will fade. The things that I have given them will pass away from them.’”
ASV: I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and [the things that] I have given them shall pass away from them.
DARBY: I will utterly take them away, saith Jehovah: there are no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree; and the leaf is faded: and I will give them up to those that shall pass over them.
BLB: Surely I will consume them,’ a declaration of YHWH, no grapes [will be] on the vine, and no figs on the fig tree; and the leaf is withered, and the [things] I have given to them pass away from them.”

ÅB: Jeg vil rykke dem bort, sier Herren; det er ingen druer på vintreet og ingen fikener på fikentreet, og bladene er visne, og jeg sender mot dem folk som kommer over dem.
OTB: "Jeg vil sannelig fortære dem," erklærer Herren. "Det vil ikke være noen druer på vintreet, heller ikke fiken på fikentreet, og bladene vil visne; det jeg har gitt dem vil bli tatt fra dem."’"
B1930: Jeg vil rykke dem bort, sier Herren; det er ingen druer på vintreet og ingen fikener på fikentreet, og bladene er visne, og jeg sender mot dem folk som kommer over dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Matthew 21:19
Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.
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Joel 1:7
It has laid waste My grapevine and splintered My fig tree. It has stripped off the bark and thrown it away; the branches have turned white.
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Psalms 1:3–4
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
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Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
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Haggai 2:17
I struck you—all the work of your hands—with blight, mildew, and hail, but you did not turn to Me, declares the LORD.
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Deuteronomy 28:39–42
You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
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Ezekiel 22:19–21
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because all of you have become dross, behold, I will gather you into Jerusalem.
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Habakkuk 3:17
Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold and no cattle are in the stalls,
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