Jeremiah 8:12

“Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD.”

"Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD." - Jeremiah 8:12
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What does Jeremiah 8:12 mean?

The verse Jeremiah 8:12 from the King James Version of the Bible reads: "Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall…

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Unblushing Souls: The Cost of Shame Ignored

As we engage with the profound words found in Jeremiah 8:12 (KJV) – "Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be…

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A Prayer for Awareness and Repentance

O Lord God Almighty, In reverence, I come before You today, seeking Your presence and wisdom as I meditate on the truth found in Jeremiah 8:12: "Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall…

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Jeremiah 8:12 - "Were they ashamed when they had committed abomination? nay, they were not at all ashamed, neither could they blush: therefore shall they fall among them that fall: in the time of their visitation they shall be cast down, saith the LORD."
Jeremiah 12:8 - "Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it."
Jeremiah 35:12 - "¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying,"
Jeremiah 43:8 - "¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying,"
Jeremiah 34:12 - "¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
"Mine heritage is unto me as a lion in the forest; it crieth out against me: therefore have I hated it." - Jeremiah 12:8
Jeremiah 28:12 - "Then the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the prophet, after that Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke from off the neck of the prophet Jeremiah, saying,"
Nehemiah 12:12 - "And in the days of Joiakim were priests, the chief of the fathers: of Seraiah, Meraiah; of Jeremiah, Hananiah;"
Jeremiah 37:12 - "Then Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin, to separate himself thence in the midst of the people."
Jeremiah 38:12 - "And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now these old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so."
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Nehemiah 12:34 - "Judah, and Benjamin, and Shemaiah, and Jeremiah,"
"¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah, saying," - Jeremiah 35:12
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Jeremiah 17:7-8
Jeremiah 17:7-8
1 Chronicles 12:10 - "Mishmannah the fourth, Jeremiah the fifth,"
1 Chronicles 12:13 - "Jeremiah the tenth, Machbanai the eleventh."
Jeremiah 15:12 - "Shall iron break the northern iron and the steel?"
Jeremiah 36:8 - "And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house."
Jeremiah 13:8 - "Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,"
Jeremiah 8:20 - "The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."
Jeremiah 10:8 - "But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities."
"¶ Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah in Tahpanhes, saying," - Jeremiah 43:8
"¶ Therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying," - Jeremiah 34:12
Jeremiah 17:12 - "¶ A glorious high throne from the beginning is the place of our sanctuary."
Jeremiah 8:8 - "How do ye say, We are wise, and the law of the LORD is with us? Lo, certainly in vain made he it; the pen of the scribes is in vain."
Jeremiah 7:8 - "¶ Behold, ye trust in lying words, that cannot profit."
John 8:12