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The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah
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[Chapter 5]
5
Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be
any
that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
2
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
3
O LORD,
are
not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them,
but
they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
4
Therefore I said, Surely these
are
poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD,
nor
the judgment of their God.
5
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD,
and
the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke,
and
burst the bonds.
6
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them,
and
a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many,
and
their backslidings are increased.
7
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by
them that are
no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.
8
They were
as
fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
9
Shall I not visit for these
things?
saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they
are
not the LORD’S.
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For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
12
They have belied the LORD, and said,
It is
not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
13
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word
is
not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
14
Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it
is
a mighty nation, it
is
an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
16
Their quiver
is
as an open sepulchre, they
are
all mighty men.
17
And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread,
which
thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
18
Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
19
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these
things
unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land
that is
not yours.
20
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
22
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand
for
the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
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But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
24
Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25
Your iniquities have turned away these
things,
and your sins have withholden good
things
from you.
26
For among my people are found wicked
men:
they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
27
As a cage is full of birds, so
are
their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
28
They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
29
Shall I not visit for these
things?
saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love
to have it
so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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