Jeremiah:5

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* Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem , and see now , and know , and seek in the broadways thereof , if ye can find a man , if there be [any ] that doeth justice , that seeketh fidelity ; and I will pardon it . * And if they say , [As ] Jehovah liveth ! surely they swear falsely . * Jehovah , are not thine eyes upon fidelity ? Thou hast smitten them , but they are not sore ; thou hast consumed them , they have refused to receive correction : they have made their faces harder than a rock ; they have refused to return . * And I said , Surely these are the wretched ones , they are foolish ; for they know not the way of Jehovah , the judgment of their God . * I will go unto the great men , and will speak unto them ; for they know the way of Jehovah , the judgment of their God ; but these have altogether broken the yoke , have burst the bonds . * Therefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them , a wolf of the evenings shall waste them ; the leopard lurketh against their cities , every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces : for their transgressions are multiplied , their backslidings are increased . * Wherefore should I pardon thee ? Thy children have forsaken me , and swear by them that are not God . I have satiated them , and they have committed adultery , and they troop to the harlots ' house . * [As ] well fed horses , they roam about , every one neigheth after his neighbour 's wife . * Shall I not visit for these things ? saith Jehovah , and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? * Go up upon her walls , and destroy ; but make not a full end ; take away her battlements , for they are not Jehovah 's . * For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me , saith Jehovah . * They have denied Jehovah , and say , He is not ; and evil shall not come upon us , nor shall we see sword nor famine ; * and the prophets shall become wind , and the word is not in them : thus shall it be done unto them . * Therefore thus saith Jehovah , the 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 . * Behold , I bring a nation upon you from afar , house of Israel , saith Jehovah : it is a mighty nation , it is an ancient nation , a nation whose language thou knowest not , neither understandest thou what they say . * Their quiver is as an open sepulchre ; they are all mighty men . * And they shall eat up thy harvest and thy bread , they shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters , they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds , they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees ; they shall destroy with the sword thy strong cities , wherein thou trustedst . * Nevertheless in those days , saith Jehovah , I will not make a full end with you . * And it shall come to pass , when ye shall say , Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us ? then shalt thou say to them , As ye have forsaken me , and served strange gods in your land , so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours . * Declare this in the house of Jacob , and publish it in Judah , saying , * Hear now this , O foolish and heartless people , who have eyes and see not ; who have ears , and hear not . * Will ye not fear me ? saith Jehovah . Will ye not tremble at my presence , who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree , and it shall not pass it ? and its waves toss themselves , but they do not prevail ; and they roar , yet can they not pass over it ? * But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart ; they have turned aside and are gone . * And they say not in their heart , Let us now fear Jehovah our God , that giveth rain , both the early and the latter , in its season ; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest . * Your iniquities have turned away these things , and your sins have withholden from you what is good . * For among my people are found wicked [men ]: they lay wait , as fowlers stoop down ; they set a trap , they catch men . * As a cage full of birds , so are their houses full of deceit : therefore they are become great , and have enriched themselves . * They are become fat , they shine , yea , they surpass in deeds of wickedness ; they judge not the cause , the cause of the fatherless , and they prosper ; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge . * Shall I not visit for these things ? saith Jehovah ; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ? * An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land : * the prophets prophesy falsehood , and the priests rule by their means ; and my people love [to have it ] so . But what will ye do in the end thereof ?

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