Jeremiah 5

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Jeremiah 5

Jerusalem’s Godlessness

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“^(A)Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
And look now and take note.
And seek in her open squares,
If you can ^(B)find a man,
^(C)If there is one who does justice, who seeks ^(a)truth,
Then I will pardon her.

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“And ^(D)although they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’
Surely they swear falsely.”

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O Lord, do not ^(E)Your eyes look for ^(b)truth?
You have ^(F)smitten them,
But they did not ^(c)weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they ^(G)refused to take correction.
They have ^(H)made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

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Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they ^(I)do not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God.

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“I will go to the great
And will speak to them,
For ^(J)they know the way of the Lord
And the ordinance of their God.”
But they too, with one accord, have ^(K)broken the yoke
And burst the bonds.

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Therefore ^(L)a lion from the forest will slay them,
A ^(M)wolf of the deserts will destroy them,
A ^(N)leopard is watching their cities.
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,
Because their ^(O)transgressions are many,
Their apostasies are numerous.

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“Why should I pardon you?
Your sons have forsaken Me
And ^(P)sworn by those who are ^(Q)not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
They ^(R)committed adultery
And trooped to the harlot’s house.

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“They were well-fed lusty horses,
Each one neighing after his ^(S)neighbor’s wife.

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“Shall I not punish ^(d)these people,” declares the Lord,
“And on a nation such as this
^(T)Shall I not avenge Myself?

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“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.

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“For the ^(U)house of Israel and the house of Judah
Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” declares the Lord.

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They have ^(V)lied about the Lord
And said, “^(e)^(W)Not He;
Misfortune will ^(X)not come on us,
And we ^(Y)will not see sword or famine.

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“The ^(Z)prophets are as wind,
And the word is not in them.
Thus it will be done to them!”

Judgment Proclaimed

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Therefore, thus says the Lord, the God of hosts,
“Because you have spoken this word,
Behold, I am ^(AA)making My words in your mouth fire
And this people wood, and it will consume them.

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“Behold, I am ^(AB)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 ^(AC)language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.

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“Their ^(AD)quiver is like an ^(AE)open grave,
All of them are mighty men.

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“They will ^(AF)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 ^(AG)vines and your fig trees;
They will demolish with the sword your ^(AH)fortified cities in which you trust.

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19} It shall come about ^(AI)when ^(f)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 will ^(AJ)serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

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“Declare this in the house of Jacob
And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

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‘Now hear this, O foolish and ^(g)senseless people,
Who have ^(AK)eyes but do not see;
Who have ears but do not hear.

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‘Do you not ^(AL)fear Me?’ declares the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble in My presence?
For I have ^(AM)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.

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‘But this people has a ^(AN)stubborn and rebellious heart;
They have turned aside and departed.

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‘They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
Who ^(AO)gives rain in its season,
Both ^(AP)the autumn rain and the spring rain,
Who keeps for us
The ^(AQ)appointed weeks of the harvest.”

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‘Your ^(AR)iniquities have turned these away,
And your sins have withheld good from you.

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‘For wicked men are found among My people,
They ^(AS)watch like fowlers ^(h)lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch men.

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‘Like a cage full of birds,
So their houses are full of ^(AT)deceit;
Therefore they have become great and rich.

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‘They are ^(AU)fat, they are sleek,
They also ⁽ⁱ⁾excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the ^(j)^(AV)orphan, that they may prosper;
And they do not ^(k)defend the rights of the poor.

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‘^(AW)Shall I not punish ^(l)these people?’ declares the Lord,
‘On a nation such as this
Shall I not avenge Myself?’

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“An appalling and ^(AX)horrible thing
Has happened in the land:

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The ^(AY)prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule ^(m)on their own authority;
And My people ^(AZ)love it so!
But what will you do at the end of it?

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 5:1: ['Lit ', faithfulness]

b. Jeremiah 5:3: ['Lit ', faithfulness]

c. Jeremiah 5:3: ['Or ', become sick]

d. Jeremiah 5:9: ['Or ', for these things]

e. Jeremiah 5:12: ['Lit ', He is not]

f. Jeremiah 5:19: ['Or ', you]

g. Jeremiah 5:21: ['Lit ', without heart]

h. Jeremiah 5:26: ['Perhaps, ', crouching down]

i. Jeremiah 5:28: ['Lit ', pass over, ', or, ', overlook deeds]

j. Jeremiah 5:28: ['Or ', fatherless]

k. Jeremiah 5:28: ['Lit ', judge]

l. Jeremiah 5:29: ['Or ', for these things]

m. Jeremiah 5:31: ['Lit ', over their own hands]

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 5:1: Daniel 12:4

B. Jeremiah 5:1: Ezekiel 22:30

C. Jeremiah 5:1: Genesis 18:26; Genesis 18:32

D. Jeremiah 5:2: Isaiah 48:1; Titus 1:16

F. Jeremiah 5:3: Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 2:30

G. Jeremiah 5:3: Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 8:5; Zephaniah 3:2

H. Jeremiah 5:3: Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 19:15; Ezekiel 3:8

I. Jeremiah 5:4: Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 8:7; Hosea 4:6

J. Jeremiah 5:5: Micah 3:1

K. Jeremiah 5:5: Exodus 32:25; Psalm 2:3; Jeremiah 2:20

L. Jeremiah 5:6: Jeremiah 4:7

M. Jeremiah 5:6: Ezekiel 22:27; Habakkuk 1:8; Zephaniah 3:3

N. Jeremiah 5:6: Hosea 13:7

O. Jeremiah 5:6: Jeremiah 30:14; Jeremiah 30:15

P. Jeremiah 5:7: Joshua 23:7; Jeremiah 12:16; Zephaniah 1:5

Q. Jeremiah 5:7: Deuteronomy 32:21; Jeremiah 2:11; Galatians 4:8

R. Jeremiah 5:7: Jeremiah 7:9

S. Jeremiah 5:8: Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 29:23; Ezekiel 22:11

T. Jeremiah 5:9: Jeremiah 9:9

U. Jeremiah 5:11: Jeremiah 3:6; Jeremiah 3:7; Jeremiah 3:20

W. Jeremiah 5:12: Proverbs 30:9; Jeremiah 14:22; Jeremiah 43:1-4

X. Jeremiah 5:12: Jeremiah 23:17

Y. Jeremiah 5:12: Jeremiah 14:13

Z. Jeremiah 5:13: Job 8:2; Jeremiah 14:13; Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 22:22

AA. Jeremiah 5:14: Isaiah 24:6; Jeremiah 1:9; Jeremiah 23:29; Hosea 6:5; Zechariah 1:6

AB. Jeremiah 5:15: Deuteronomy 28:49; Isaiah 5:26; Jeremiah 4:16

AC. Jeremiah 5:15: Isaiah 28:11

AD. Jeremiah 5:16: Isaiah 5:28; Isaiah 13:18

AE. Jeremiah 5:16: Psalm 5:9

AF. Jeremiah 5:17: Leviticus 26:16; Deuteronomy 28:31; Deuteronomy 28:33; Jeremiah 8:16; Jeremiah 50:7; Jeremiah 50:17

AG. Jeremiah 5:17: Jeremiah 8:13

AH. Jeremiah 5:17: Hosea 8:14

AI. Jeremiah 5:19: Deuteronomy 29:24-26; Deuteronomy 29:9; Jeremiah 13:22; Jeremiah 16:10-13

AJ. Jeremiah 5:19: Deuteronomy 28:48; Jeremiah 16:13

AK. Jeremiah 5:21: Isaiah 6:9; Isaiah 43:8; Ezekiel 12:2; Matthew 13:14; Mark 8:18; John 12:40; Acts 28:26; Romans 11:8

AL. Jeremiah 5:22: Deuteronomy 28:58; Psalm 119:120; Jeremiah 2:19; Jeremiah 10:7; Revelation 15:4

AM. Jeremiah 5:22: Job 38:8-11; Psalm 104:9; Proverbs 8:29

AN. Jeremiah 5:23: Deuteronomy 21:18; Psalm 78:8; Jeremiah 4:17; Jeremiah 6:28

AO. Jeremiah 5:24: Psalm 147:8; Jeremiah 3:3; Matthew 5:45; Acts 14:17

AP. Jeremiah 5:24: Joel 2:23

AQ. Jeremiah 5:24: Genesis 8:22

AR. Jeremiah 5:25: Jeremiah 2:17; Jeremiah 4:18

AS. Jeremiah 5:26: Psalm 10:9; Proverbs 1:11; Jeremiah 18:22; Habakkuk 1:15

AT. Jeremiah 5:27: Jeremiah 9:6

AU. Jeremiah 5:28: Deuteronomy 32:15

AV. Jeremiah 5:28: Isaiah 1:23; Jeremiah 7:6; Jeremiah 22:3; Zechariah 7:10

AW. Jeremiah 5:29: Jeremiah 5:9; Malachi 3:5

AX. Jeremiah 5:30: Jeremiah 23:14; Hosea 6:10

AY. Jeremiah 5:31: Ezekiel 13:6

AZ. Jeremiah 5:31: Micah 2:11