Passage Research
Jeremiah 8 — Sermon Preparation
The bones of the dead lie unburied in the open, and the people boast of a healing that never comes while Jeremiah weeps for his wounded people. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 8, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 23
- verses
- 348 / 186
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 28
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 8 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| עֶצֶם | ʻetsem | H6106 | 5 | bone, strong |
| עַם | ʻam | H5971 | 7 | people, tribe |
| בַּת | bath | H1323 | 5 | daughter |
| שָׁלוֹם | shâlôwm | H7965 | 4 | safe, well |
| שׁוּב | shûwb | H7725 | 5 | turn, return |
| עֵת | ʻêth | H6256 | 4 | time, now |
| נְאֻם | nᵉʼum | H5002 | 4 | oracle |
How preachers through history handled this text
28 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 8, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“22 Is there no balm in Gilead? is there no physician there? why then is not the health of the daughter of my people recovered? 22. An resina (aut, balsamus) non est in Gilead? an medicus non illic est? nam cur non ascendit sanitas filiae populi mei? The Prophet intimates in these words that the slaughter of the people would be so fatal that they would in vain seek remedies; as though he had said, that the disease would be incurable, and altogether deadly. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 1, on Jeremiah 8:22–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Jer 8:1
- Dan— Jer 8:16
- Zion— Jer 8:19
- Gilead 1— Jer 8:22
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