Jeremiah 8:6 - The Scriptures 1998

⁶ “I have listened and heard – they do not speak right. No man has repented of his evil, saying, ‘What have I done?’ They all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing into battle.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁶ I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repented him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turned to his course, as the horse rusheth into the battle.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁶ I have listened and heard, but they have not spoken aright; no man repents of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? Everyone turns to his [individual] course, as the horse rushes like a torrent into battle.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁶ I hearkened and heard, but they spake not aright: no man repenteth him of his wickedness, saying, What have I done? every one turneth to his course, as a horse that rusheth headlong in the battle.

Common English Bible

⁶ I have listened carefully but haven’t heard a word of truth from them. No one regrets their wrongdoing; no one says, “What have I done?” Everyone turns to their own course, like a stallion dashing into the thick of battle.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶ I paid close attention and I listened carefully. No one is speaking what is good. There is no one who does penance for his sin, saying: 'What have I done?' They have all turned to their own course, like a horse rushing with fury into battle.

Jeremiah 8:6 Cross References

Job 10:2

I say to Eloah, ‘Do not declare me wrong, show me why You strive with me.

Job 34:31

For has anyone said to Ě

Job 34:32

‘Teach me what I do not see. If I have done unrighteousness, I shall not do so again’?

Psalm 14:2

יהוה  looked down from the heavens on the sons of mankind, To see if there is a wise one, seeking יהוה.

Isaiah 30:18

And therefore יהוה  shall wait, to show you favour. And therefore He shall be exalted, to have compassion on you. For יהוה  is an Elohim of right-ruling. Blessed are all those who wait for Him.

Isaiah 57:17

“For the crookedness of his unfair gain I was wroth and I smote him. I hid Myself and was wroth, and he went on backsliding in the way of his heart.

Isaiah 59:16

And He saw that there was no man, and was astonished that there was no intercessor. So His own arm saved for Him, and His righteousness upheld him.

Jeremiah 23:25

“I have heard what the prophets have said who prophesy falsehood in My Name, saying, ‘I have dreamed, I have dreamed!’

Jeremiah 3:5

‘Does one bear a grudge forever? Does one keep it to the end?’ See, you have spoken and done the evils that you could.”

Jeremiah 5:1

“Diligently search the streets of Yerushalayim, and please look, and know and seek in her open places if you find a man, if there is anyone doing right-ruling, seeking the truth, then I shall pardon her.

Ezekiel 18:28

“Because he sees and turns away from all the transgressions which he has done, he shall certainly live, he shall not die.

Ezekiel 22:30

“And I sought for a man among them who would make a wall, and stand in the breach before Me on behalf of the land, that I should not destroy it – but I did not find one!

Daniel 9:11

“And all Yisra’ĕ

Micah 7:2

The kind one has perished from the earth, and there is no one straight among men. All of them lie in wait for blood, everyone hunts his brother with a net.

Zephaniah 3:7

“I have said, ‘Only fear Me, accept instruction.’ And her dwelling would not be cut off, all that I have appointed for her. But they rose up early, they corrupted all their deeds.

Haggai 1:5

And now, thus said יהוה  of hosts, “Consider your ways!

Haggai 1:7

Thus said יהוה  of hosts, “Consider your ways!

Malachi 3:16

Then shall those who fear יהוה  speak to one another, and יהוה  listen and hear, and a book of remembrance be written before Him, of those who fear יהוה, and those who think upon His Name.

2 Peter 3:9

יהוה  is not slow in regard to the promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward us, not wishing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance.

Revelation 9:20

And the rest of mankind, who were not killed by these plagues, did not repent of the works of their hands, that they should not worship the demons, and idols of gold, and of silver, and of brass, and of stone, and of wood, which are neither able to see, nor to hear, nor to walk.