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Jeremiah 8:13

in Jeremiah 8

I will take away their harvest, declares the LORD. There will be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither. Whatever I have given them will be lost to them.”

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

I will utterly consume them, saith Jehovah: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

KJV

I will surely consume them, saith the Lord: there shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade; and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

This verse in Jeremiah 8

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 13) I will gather them together, says the Lord. There are no grapes on the vines, and there are no figs on the fig tree; the leaf has fallen off, and I have given them what has passed by. The time of visitation, in which the transgressors will fall, is more clearly shown, saying: I will gather them together. Without a doubt, in Jerusalem, so that they will be besieged by the Chaldeans for a long time, and endure the evils of famine.

This site's exposition

There will be no grapes on the vine

on Jeremiah 8:13-14

The LORD pictures judgment as a failed harvest, “no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the tree, and even the leaf will wither”. The people answer with a call to flee to the fortified cities. The crowd supplies the cause itself, “because we have sinned against the LORD”.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It is expounded in the last clause: The things that I have given them shall pass away from them. Note, God's gifts are upon condition, and revocable upon non-performance of the condition. Mercies abused are forfeited, and it is just with God to take the forfeiture.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

), consuming I will consume them, not only surely, but utterly, consume them, will follow them with one judgment after another, till they are quite consumed; it is a consumption determined, Isa. x.

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I will surely consume them, saith the Lord,.... Or, "gathering I will gather them" (k); into some one place, the city of Jerusalem, and there destroy them.

The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Or, “I will gather and sweep them away, saith Jehovah: there are no grapes on the vine, and no figs on the fig-tree, and the leaf is dry: therefore will I appoint those that shall pass over them.” Judah is a vine which bears no fruit: a tree which makes even no profession of life, for her leaf is dry. Many explain the last words of an army sweeping over the land like a flood.

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

surely consume--literally, "gathering I will gather," or "consuming I will consume." no grapes . . . nor figs-- (Joe 1:7; Mt 21:19). things that I have given . . . shall pass away--rather, "I will appoint to them those who shall overwhelm (pass over) them," that is, I will send the enemy upon them [MAURER].

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How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

I will utterly consume them This is an expression of destruction. Comp. (Zeph.:2) “I will utterly consume (אסף אסף) everything from upon the face of the earth.”
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Jeremiah 8:13:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg
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They shall be put to shame Shame and embarrassment shall come upon them.
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on Jeremiah 8:12:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 6 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

15 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • אָסֹ֥ףsurely <gather>

    ʾasofH622 →200 times

  • אֲסִיפֵ֖םI will make an end of them

    ʾasifemH5486 →

  • נְאֻם־[the] utterance of

    neum-H5002 →376 times

  • יְהֹוָ֑הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אֵין֩there not

    ʾeinH369 →789 times

  • עֲנָבִ֨ים[will be] grapes

    ʾanavimH6025 →

  • בַּגֶּ֜פֶןon the vine

    bagefenH1612 →55 times

  • וְאֵ֧יןand there not

    veeinH369 →789 times

  • תְּאֵנִ֣ים[will be] figs

    teenimH8384 →39 times

  • בַּתְּאֵנָ֗הon the fig tree

    bateenahH8384 →39 times

  • וְהֶֽעָלֶה֙and the leafage

    vehealehH5929 →

  • נָבֵ֔לit will wither

    navelH5034 →

  • וָאֶתֵּ֥ןand I gave

    vaetenH5414 →2011 times

  • לָהֶ֖םto <the> them

    lahem

  • יַעַבְרֽוּם׃they will pass away them

    yaavrumH5674 →556 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 17:8

    He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not…

    it leads to

    • Psalms 1:3

      He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

    • Isaiah 58:11

      The LORD will always guide you; He will satisfy you in a sun-scorched land and strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.

    • Ezekiel 47:12

      Along both banks of the river, fruit trees of all kinds will grow. Their leaves will not wither, and their fruit will not fail. Each month they will bear fruit, because the water from…

    • Ezekiel 31:4–10

      The waters made it grow; the deep springs made it tall, directing their streams all around its base and sending their channels to all the trees of the field.

    • Psalms 92:10–15

      But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.

  • Through

    Matthew 21:19

    Seeing a fig tree by the road, He went up to it but found nothing on it except leaves. “May you never bear fruit again!” He said. And immediately the tree withered.

    it leads to

    • John 15:6

      If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned.

    • Mark 11:14

      Then He said to the tree, “May no one ever eat of your fruit again.” And His disciples heard this statement.

    • Titus 1:16

      They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.

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About Jeremiah

Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.
Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Rembrandt, 1630. Public domain.

This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.