Jeremiah 8:20

8:20 “They cry, 1  ‘Harvest time has come and gone, and the summer is over, 2 

and still we have not been delivered.’

Jeremiah 10:15

10:15 They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked. 3 

When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

Jeremiah 33:1

The Lord Promises a Second Time to Restore Israel and Judah

33:1 The Lord spoke 4  to Jeremiah a second time while he was still confined in the courtyard of the guardhouse. 5 

Jeremiah 51:18

51:18 They are worthless, objects to be ridiculed.

When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.

1 tn The words “They say” are not in the text; they are supplied in the translation to make clear that the lament of the people begun in v. 19b is continued here after the interruption of the Lord’s words in v. 19c.

2 tn Heb “Harvest time has passed, the summer is over.”

sn This appears to be a proverbial statement for “time marches on.” The people appear to be expressing their frustration that the Lord has not gone about his business of rescuing them as they expected. For a similar misguided feeling based on the offering of shallow repentance see Hos 6:1-3 (and note the Lord’s reply in 6:4-6).

3 tn Or “objects of mockery.”

4 sn The introductory statement here ties this incident in with the preceding chapter which was the first time that the Lord spoke to him about the matters discussed here. There is no indication of how much time passed between the two incidents though it appears that the situation has worsened somewhat (cf. v. 4).

5 tn Heb “And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time…, saying.”