1. Jeremiah 8:12 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

How were they not ashamed when they committed abomination?

Jeremiah 8:12 (ESV)

12 Were they ashamed when they committed abomination? No, they were not at all ashamed; they did not know how to blush. Therefore they shall fall among the fallen; when I punish them, they shall be overthrown,says the LORD.

In their arrogance the leaders of Judah felt no shame at all when they committed abomination by leading the nation in rebellion against the Lord and his true prophets. As a consequence, they shall fall among the fallen; they will be overthrown when the Lord punishes them. They will be brought down from their elevated place of pride and fall under the Lord’s judgment just like the ordinary citizens of Judah that they have misled.