strkjv@Jeremiah:3:1
@ They
say
, If a
man
put
away
his
wife
, and she
go
from him, and become
another
mans
, shall he return unto her
again
? shall not that
land
be
greatly
polluted
? but thou hast played the
harlot
with
many
lovers
; yet return
again
to me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:2
@ Lift
up
thine
eyes
unto the high
places
, and
see
where
thou hast not been
lien
with. In the
ways
hast thou
sat
for them, as the
Arabian
in the
wilderness
; and thou hast
polluted
the
land
with thy
whoredoms
and with thy
wickedness
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:3
@ Therefore the
showers
have been
withholden
, and there hath been no latter
rain
; and thou hadst a
whores
forehead
, thou
refusedst
to be
ashamed
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:4
@ Wilt thou not from this time
cry
unto me, My
father
, thou art the
guide
of my
youth
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:5
@ Will he
reserve
his anger for
ever
? will he
keep
it to the
end
? Behold, thou hast
spoken
and
done
evil
things
as thou
couldest
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:6
@ The
LORD
said
also unto me in the
days
of
Josiah
the
king
, Hast thou
seen
that which
backsliding
Israel
hath
done
? she is gone
up
upon every
high
mountain
and
under
every
green
tree
, and there hath played the
harlot
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:7
@ And I
said
after
she had
done
all these things,
Turn
thou unto me. But she
returned
not. And her
treacherous
sister
Judah
saw
it.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:8
@ And I
saw
, when for all the
causes
whereby
backsliding
Israel
committed
adultery
I had put her
away
, and
given
her a
bill
of
divorce
; yet her
treacherous
sister
Judah
feared
not, but
went
and played the
harlot
also.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:9
@ And it came to pass through the
lightness
of her
whoredom
, that she
defiled
the
land
, and committed
adultery
with
stones
and with
stocks
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:10
@ And yet for all this her
treacherous
sister
Judah
hath not
turned
unto me with her whole
heart
, but
feignedly
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:11
@ And the
LORD
said
unto me, The
backsliding
Israel
hath
justified
herself
more than
treacherous
Judah
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:12
@
Go
and
proclaim
these
words
toward the
north
, and
say
,
Return
, thou
backsliding
Israel
,
saith
the
LORD
; and I will not cause mine
anger
to
fall
upon you: for I am
merciful
,
saith
the
LORD
, and I will not
keep
anger for
ever
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:13
@ Only
acknowledge
thine
iniquity
, that thou hast
transgressed
against the
LORD
thy
God
, and hast
scattered
thy
ways
to the
strangers
under every
green
tree
, and ye have not
obeyed
my
voice
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:14
@
Turn
, O
backsliding
children
,
saith
the
LORD
; for I am
married
unto you: and I will
take
you
one
of a
city
, and
two
of a
family
, and I will
bring
you to
Zion
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:15
@ And I will
give
you
pastors
according to mine
heart
, which shall
feed
you with
knowledge
and
understanding
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:16
@ And it shall come to pass, when ye be
multiplied
and
increased
in the
land
, in those
days
,
saith
the
LORD
, they shall
say
no more, The
ark
of the
covenant
of the
LORD
: neither shall it
come
to
mind
: neither shall they
remember
it; neither shall they
visit
it; neither shall that be
done
any more.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:17
@ At that
time
they shall
call
Jerusalem
the
throne
of the
LORD
; and all the
nations
shall be
gathered
unto it, to the
name
of the
LORD
, to
Jerusalem
: neither shall they
walk
any more
after
the
imagination
of their
evil
heart
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:18
@ In those
days
the
house
of
Judah
shall
walk
with the
house
of
Israel
, and they shall
come
together
out of the
land
of the
north
to the
land
that I have given for an
inheritance
unto your
fathers
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:19
@ But I
said
, How shall I
put
thee among the
children
, and
give
thee a
pleasant
land
, a
goodly
heritage
of the
hosts
of
nations
? and I
said
, Thou shalt
call
me, My
father
; and shalt not turn
away
from
me
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:20
@
Surely
as a
wife
treacherously
departeth from her
husband
, so have ye dealt
treacherously
with me, O
house
of
Israel
,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:21
@ A
voice
was
heard
upon the high
places
,
weeping
and
supplications
of the
children
of
Israel
: for they have
perverted
their
way
, and they have
forgotten
the
LORD
their
God
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:22
@
Return
, ye
backsliding
children
, and I will
heal
your
backslidings
. Behold, we
come
unto thee; for thou art the
LORD
our
God
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:23
@
Truly
in
vain
is salvation hoped for from the
hills
, and from the
multitude
of
mountains
:
truly
in the
LORD
our
God
is the
salvation
of
Israel
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:24
@ For
shame
hath
devoured
the
labour
of our
fathers
from our
youth
; their
flocks
and their
herds
, their
sons
and their
daughters
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:3:25
@ We lie
down
in our
shame
, and our
confusion
covereth
us: for we have
sinned
against the
LORD
our
God
, we and our
fathers
, from our
youth
even unto this
day
, and have not
obeyed
the
voice
of the
LORD
our
God
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:1
@ If thou wilt
return
, O
Israel
,
saith
the
LORD
,
return
unto me: and if thou wilt put
away
thine
abominations
out of my
sight
, then shalt thou not
remove
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:2
@ And thou shalt
swear
, The
LORD
liveth
, in
truth
, in
judgment
, and in
righteousness
; and the
nations
shall
bless
themselves in him, and in him shall they
glory
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:3
@ For thus
saith
the
LORD
to the
men
of
Judah
and
Jerusalem
, Break
up
your fallow
ground
, and
sow
not among
thorns
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:4
@
Circumcise
yourselves to the
LORD
, and take
away
the
foreskins
of your
heart
, ye
men
of
Judah
and
inhabitants
of
Jerusalem
: lest my
fury
come
forth
like
fire
, and
burn
that none can
quench
it,
because
of the
evil
of your
doings
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:5
@
Declare
ye in
Judah
, and
publish
in
Jerusalem
; and
say
,
Blow
ye the
trumpet
in the
land
:
cry
, gather
together
, and
say
,
Assemble
yourselves, and let us
go
into the
defenced
cities
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:6
@ Set
up
the
standard
toward
Zion
:
retire
,
stay
not: for I will
bring
evil
from the
north
, and a
great
destruction
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:7
@ The
lion
is come
up
from his
thicket
, and the
destroyer
of the
Gentiles
is on his
way
; he is gone
forth
from his
place
to
make
thy
land
desolate
; and thy
cities
shall be laid
waste
, without an
inhabitant
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:8
@ For this
gird
you with
sackcloth
,
lament
and
howl
: for the
fierce
anger
of the
LORD
is not turned
back
from us.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:9
@ And it shall come to pass at that
day
,
saith
the
LORD
, that the
heart
of the
king
shall
perish
, and the
heart
of the
princes
; and the
priests
shall be
astonished
, and the
prophets
shall
wonder
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:10
@ Then
said
I,
Ah
,
Lord
GOD
!
surely
thou hast
greatly
deceived
this
people
and
Jerusalem
,
saying
, Ye shall have
peace
; whereas the
sword
reacheth
unto the
soul
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:11
@ At that
time
shall it be
said
to this
people
and to
Jerusalem
, A
dry
wind
of the high
places
in the
wilderness
toward
the
daughter
of my
people
, not to
fan
, nor to
cleanse
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:12
@ Even a
full
wind
from those places shall
come
unto me: now also will I
give
sentence
against them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:13
@ Behold, he shall come
up
as
clouds
, and his
chariots
shall be as a
whirlwind
: his
horses
are
swifter
than
eagles
.
Woe
unto us! for we are
spoiled
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:14
@ O
Jerusalem
,
wash
thine
heart
from
wickedness
, that thou mayest be
saved
. How long shall thy
vain
thoughts
lodge
within
thee?
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:15
@ For a
voice
declareth
from
Dan
, and
publisheth
affliction
from
mount
Ephraim
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:16
@ Make ye
mention
to the
nations
; behold,
publish
against
Jerusalem
, that
watchers
come
from a
far
country
, and give
out
their
voice
against the
cities
of
Judah
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:17
@ As
keepers
of a
field
, are they against her round
about
; because she hath been
rebellious
against me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:18
@ Thy
way
and thy
doings
have
procured
these things unto thee; this is thy
wickedness
, because it is
bitter
, because it
reacheth
unto thine
heart
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:19
@ My
bowels
, my
bowels
! I am
pained
at my
very
heart
; my
heart
maketh a
noise
in me; I cannot hold my
peace
, because thou hast
heard
, O my
soul
, the
sound
of the
trumpet
, the
alarm
of
war
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:20
@
Destruction
upon
destruction
is
cried
; for the whole
land
is
spoiled
:
suddenly
are my
tents
spoiled
, and my
curtains
in a
moment
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:21
@ How long shall I
see
the
standard
, and
hear
the
sound
of the
trumpet
?
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:22
@ For my
people
is
foolish
, they have not
known
me; they are
sottish
children
, and they have none
understanding
: they are
wise
to do
evil
, but to do
good
they have no
knowledge
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:23
@ I
beheld
the
earth
, and, lo, it was without
form
, and
void
; and the
heavens
, and they had no
light
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:24
@ I
beheld
the
mountains
, and, lo, they
trembled
, and all the
hills
moved
lightly
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:25
@ I
beheld
, and, lo, there was no
man
, and all the
birds
of the
heavens
were
fled
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:26
@ I
beheld
, and, lo, the fruitful
place
was a
wilderness
, and all the
cities
thereof were broken
down
at the
presence
of the
LORD
, and by his
fierce
anger
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:27
@ For thus hath the
LORD
said
, The whole
land
shall be
desolate
; yet will I not
make
a full
end
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:28
@ For this shall the
earth
mourn
, and the
heavens
above
be
black
: because I have
spoken
it, I have
purposed
it, and will not
repent
, neither will I turn
back
from it.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:29
@ The whole
city
shall
flee
for the
noise
of the
horsemen
and
bowmen
; they shall
go
into
thickets
, and climb
up
upon the
rocks
: every
city
shall be
forsaken
, and not a
man
dwell
therein
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:30
@ And when thou art
spoiled
, what wilt thou
do
? Though thou
clothest
thyself with
crimson
, though thou
deckest
thee with
ornaments
of
gold
, though thou
rentest
thy
face
with
painting
, in
vain
shalt thou make thyself
fair
; thy
lovers
will
despise
thee, they will
seek
thy
life
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:4:31
@ For I have
heard
a
voice
as of a woman in
travail
, and the
anguish
as of her that bringeth forth her first
child
, the
voice
of the
daughter
of
Zion
, that
bewaileth
herself, that
spreadeth
her
hands
, saying,
Woe
is me now! for my
soul
is
wearied
because of
murderers
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:1
@ 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.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:2
@ And though they
say
, The
LORD
liveth
; surely they
swear
falsely
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:3
@ 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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:4
@ 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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:5
@ 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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:6
@ 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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:7
@
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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:8
@ They were as
fed
horses
in the
morning
: every
one
neighed
after his
neighbours
wife
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:9
@ Shall I not
visit
for these things?
saith
the
LORD
: and shall not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a
nation
as this?
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:10
@ Go ye
up
upon her
walls
, and
destroy
; but
make
not a full
end
: take
away
her
battlements
; for they are not the
LORDS
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:11
@ For the
house
of
Israel
and the
house
of
Judah
have dealt
very
treacherously
against me,
saith
the
LORD
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:12
@ They have
belied
the
LORD
, and
said
, It is not he; neither shall
evil
come
upon us; neither shall we
see
sword
nor
famine
:
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:13
@ And the
prophets
shall become
wind
, and the
word
is not in them: thus shall it be
done
unto them.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:14
@ 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.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:15
@ 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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:16
@ Their
quiver
is as an
open
sepulchre
, they are all mighty
men
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:17
@ 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
t@: they shall
impoverish
thy
fenced
cities
, wherein
thou
trustedst
, with the
sword
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:18
@ Nevertheless in those
days
,
saith
the
LORD
, I will not
make
a full
end
with you.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:19
@ 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.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:20
@
Declare
this in the
house
of
Jacob
, and
publish
it in
Judah
,
saying
,
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:21
@
Hear
now this, O
foolish
people
, and without
understanding
; which have
eyes
, and
see
not; which have
ears
, and
hear
not:
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:22
@
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?
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:23
@ But this
people
hath a
revolting
and a
rebellious
heart
; they are
revolted
and
gone
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:24
@ 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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:25
@ Your
iniquities
have turned
away
these things, and your
sins
have
withholden
good
things from you.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:26
@ For among my
people
are
found
wicked
men: they lay
wait
, as he that
setteth
snares
; they
set
a
trap
, they
catch
men
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:27
@ As a
cage
is
full
of
birds
, so are their
houses
full
of
deceit
: therefore they are become
great
, and waxen
rich
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:28
@ 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
.
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:29
@ Shall I not
visit
for these things?
saith
the
LORD
: shall not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a
nation
as this?
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:30
@ A
wonderful
and horrible
thing
is
committed
in the
land
;
strkjv@Jeremiah:5:31
@ 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?
strkjv@Jeremiah:6:1
@ O ye
children
of
Benjamin
, gather yourselves to
flee
out of the
midst
of
Jerusalem
, and
blow
the
trumpet
in
Tekoa
, and set
up
a
sign
of fire in
Bethhaccerem
Beyth hak-: for
evil
appeareth
out of the
north
, and
great
destruction
.
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