{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_jer008_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_jer008_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_poly_jer008_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/poly/jer008.htm","summary":"This is a parallel-text biblical edition presenting Jeremiah 8 (with the opening of chapter 9) in four versions simultaneously: the King James Version with Strong's concordance numbers interleaved, the Greek Septuagint (LXX), the Hebrew Tanakh (Masoretic text), and the Latin Vulgate. The passage is prophetic poetry and oracle from the Hebrew prophetic tradition, in which God pronounces judgment on Jerusalem and Judah for persistent idolatry and moral corruption \u2014 their bones will be exhumed and exposed to the celestial bodies they worshipped, and death will be preferred over life among the survivors. A recurring and distinctive rhetorical move is the contrast between natural creatures (the stork, turtle-dove, crane, swallow) that instinctively follow their appointed seasons, and God's own people who cannot recognize or heed divine law \u2014 making the animals morally superior to Israel. The passage closes with one of the Bible's most-quoted laments \u2014 \"Is there no balm in Gilead? Is there no physician there?\" \u2014 expressing the prophet's anguish that Israel's wound remains unhealed despite available remedy. The parallel-column format makes this primarily a reference or study tool for textual criticism and translation comparison, allowing readers to track how key terms (like the Hebrew *shalom*, Greek *eir\u0113n\u0113*, and Latin *pax*) shift across traditions.","tags":["Book of Acts","Greek New Testament","Polyglot Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Polyglot Bible: Jeremiah: Jeremiah 8","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":2068}