Jeremiah 8:20

“The harvest is past, etc.] Which was in the month of Ijar, as Jarchi observes, and answers to part of April and May: the summer is ended; which was in the month Tammuz, and answers to part of June and July: and we are not saved; delivered from the siege of the Chaldeans; and harvest and summer being over, there were no hopes of the Egyptians coming to their relief; seeing winter was approaching; and it may be observed, that it was in the month of Ab, which answers to part of July and August, that the city and temple were burnt. These are the words of the people of the Jews, despairing of help and salvation. So the Targum, “the congregation of Israel said, the time is passed, the end is up,…”

“Proverbial. Meaning: One season of hope after another has passed, but the looked-for deliverance never came, and now all hope is gone.”

“The summer - Rather, the fruit-gathering, which follows the grain-harvest. The grain has failed; the fruit-gathering has also proved unproductive; so despair seized the people when they saw opportunities for their deliverance again and again pass by, until God seemed utterly to have forgotten them. return to 'Top of Page'”

“8:20 Instead of confessing their sin, the people surrendered to despair. The harvest time of their salvation was gone and they were not saved.”

“Pro 10:5; Luk 13:25, Luk 19:44; Heb 3:7-15; Mat 25:1-12 Jeremiah 8:21”