Jeremiah 5:14-31 - Coming Judgment
14 Therefore so says Jehovah, the God of Hosts, Because you spoke this word, behold, I will make My Words in your mouth fire, and these people wood, and it shall devour them. 15 Lo, I will bring a nation on you from afar, O house of Israel, says Jehovah. It is an enduring nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know, nor understand what they say. 16 Their quiver is as an open grave; they are all mighty men. 17 And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread. They will devour your sons and your daughters. They shall eat up your flocks and your herds; they shall eat up your vines and your fig-trees. One shall beat down your fortified cities with the sword, those in which you trust.
18 But even in those days, says Jehovah, I will not make a complete end with you. 19 And it will be, when you shall say, Why does Jehovah our God do all these things to us? Then You shall answer them, Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve strangers in a land that is not yours. 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and cry it in Judah, saying,
21 Now hear this, O foolish people and without heart; who have eyes and see not; who have ears and hear not; 22 Do you not fear Me? says Jehovah. Will you not tremble at My presence, I who have placed the sand for the boundary of the sea by a never-ending decree, so that it cannot pass it? And though they toss themselves, yet they cannot prevail; though its waves roar, yet they cannot pass over it? 23 But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they have revolted and are gone. 24 And they do not say in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, who gives both the former and the latter rain in its season; He reserves to us the appointed weeks of the harvest. 25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you. 26 For among My people are found wicked ones; they lie in wait, as one who sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men. 27 Like a cage full of birds, so their houses are full of deceit; therefore they have become great and grown rich. 28 They have become fat, they shine. Yes, they go past the deeds of the wicked; they do not judge the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may get rich; and they do not judge the right of the needy. 29 Shall I not visit for these things? says Jehovah. Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30 An astounding and horrible thing has happened 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 you do at the end of it?