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Jeremiah 5
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Jerusalem’s Godlessness

5"Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, And look now, and take note. And seek in her open squares, If you can find a man, If there is one who does justice, who seeks truth, Then I will pardon her.H7751H2351H3389H7200H3045H1245H7339H4672H376H3426H6213H4941H1245H530H5545 2"And although they say, 'As the LORD lives,' Surely they swear falsely."H559H3068H2416H7650H8267 3O LORD, do not Thine eyes look for truth? Thou hast smitten them, [ But] they did not weaken; Thou hast consumed them, But they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to repent.H3068H5869H530H5221H2342H3615H3985H3947H4148H6440H2388H5553H3985H7725 4Then I said, "They are only the poor, They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the LORD [Or] the ordinance of their God.H559H1800H2973H3045H1870H3068H4941H430 5"I will go to the great And will speak to them, For they know the way of the LORD, [And] the ordinance of their God." But they too, with one accord, have broken the yoke [And] burst the bonds.H3212H1419H1696H3045H1870H3068H4941H430H3162H7665H5923H5423H4147 6Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them, A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them, A leopard is watching their cities. Everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces, Because their transgressions are many, Their apostasies are numerous.H738H3293H5221H2061H6160H7703H5246H8245H5892H3318H2007H2963H6588H7231H4878H6105 7"Why should I pardon you? Your sons have forsaken Me And sworn by those who are not gods. When I had fed them to the full, They committed adultery And trooped to the harlot's house.H335H5545H2063H1121H5800H7650H3808H430H7650H5003H1413H2181H1004 8"They were well-fed lusty horses, Each one neighing after his neighbor's wife.H2109H5483H7904H376H6670H7453H802 9"Shall I not punish these [people,]" declares the LORD, "And on a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?H6485H5002H3068H5315H5358H1471 10"Go up through her vine rows and destroy, But do not execute a complete destruction; Strip away her branches, For they are not the Lord's.H5927H8284H7843H6213H3617H5493H5189H3068 11"For the house of Israel and the house of Judah Have dealt very treacherously with Me," declares the LORD.H1004H3478H1004H3063H898H898H5002H3068 12They have lied about the LORD And said, "Not He; Misfortune will not come on us; And we will not see sword or famine.H3584H3068H559H7451H935H7200H2719H7458 13"And the prophets are [as] wind, And the word is not in them. Thus it will be done to them!"H5030H7307H1696H6213

Judgment Proclaimed

14Therefore, thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, "Because you have spoken this word, Behold, I am making My words in your mouth fire And this people wood, and it will consume them.H559H3068H430H6635H1696H1697H5414H1697H6310H784H5971H6086H398 15"Behold, I am bringing a nation against you from afar, O house of Israel," declares the LORD. "It is an enduring nation, It is an ancient nation, A nation whose language you do not know, Nor can you understand what they say.H935H1471H4801H1004H3478H5002H3068H386H1471H5769H1471H1471H3956H3045H8085H1696 16"Their quiver is like an open grave, All of them are mighty men.H827H6605H6913H1368 17"And they will devour your harvest and your food; They will devour your sons and your daughters; They will devour your flocks and your herds; They will devour your vines and your fig trees; They will demolish with the sword your fortified cities in which you trust.H398H7105H3899H1121H1323H398H398H6629H1241H398H1612H8384H7567H4013H5892H2007H982H2719 18"Yet even in those days," declares the LORD, "I will not make you a complete destruction.H3117H5002H3068H6213H3617 19"And it shall come about when they say, 'Why has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' then you shall say to them, 'As you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours.'H559H8478H4100H6213H3068H430H559H5800H5647H5236H430H776H5647H2114H776 20"Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,H5046H1004H3290H8085H3063H559 21'Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes, but see not; Who have ears, but hear not.H8085H5530H5971H3820H5869H7200H241H8085 22'Do you not fear Me?' declares the LORD. 'Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it. Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it.H3372H5002H3068H2342H6440H7760H2344H1366H3220H5769H2706H5674H1530H1607H3201H1993H5674 23'But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.H5971H5637H4784H3820H5493H3212 24'They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest."H559H3824H3372H3068H430H5414H1653H3138H4456H6256H8104H2708H7620H7105 25'Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you.H5771H5186H2403H4513H2896 26'For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.H5971H4672H7563H7789H7918H3353H5324H4889H3920H582 27'Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.H3619H4392H5775H1004H4392H4820H1431H6238 28'They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper; And they do not defend the rights of the poor.H8080H6245H5674H1697H7451H1777H1779H3490H6743H4941H34H8199 29'Shall I not punish these [people?'] declares the LORD, 'On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?'H6485H5002H3068H5315H5358H1471 30"An appalling and horrible thing Has happened in the land:H8047H8186H1961H776 31The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their [own] authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?H5030H5012H8267H3548H7287H3027H5971H157H6213H319


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