Jeremiah 8:2-4
EasyEnglish Bible
2 They will leave the bones all over the ground, under the sun, the moon and the stars. Those were the gods that my people loved. They served them and they worshipped them. Nobody will take their bones and bury them again. They will lie on the ground, like dung. 3 The people of this wicked nation who are still alive will want to die. I will send them away as prisoners to other countries. They will not want to live in those places. They will all want to die.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
Sin brings punishment
4 ‘Jeremiah, tell the people that this is what I, the Lord, say to them:
When people fall down, they get up again.
When people realize that they are on the wrong road,
they turn around.
Jeremiah 8:2-4
New International Version
2 They will be exposed to the sun and the moon and all the stars of the heavens, which they have loved and served(A) and which they have followed and consulted and worshiped.(B) They will not be gathered up or buried,(C) but will be like dung lying on the ground.(D) 3 Wherever I banish them,(E) all the survivors of this evil nation will prefer death to life,(F) declares the Lord Almighty.’
Sin and Punishment
4 “Say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says:
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