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 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 .
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And though they say ,
The LORD liveth ;
surely they swear falsely .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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How shall I pardon thee for this zo #
th #?
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 .
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They were as fed horses in the morning :
every one neighed after his neighbours wife .
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Shall I not visit for these things ?
saith the LORD :
and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ?
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Go ye up upon her walls ,
and destroy ;
but make not a full end :
take away her battlements ;
for they are not the LORDS .
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For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me ,
saith the LORD .
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They have belied the LORD ,
and said ,
It is not he ;
neither shall evil come upon us ;
neither shall we see sword nor famine ra #
ab #:
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And the prophets shall become wind ,
and the word is not in them :
thus shall it be done unto them .
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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 .
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Lo ,
I will bring a nation upon you from far ,
O house of Israel Yisra #
el #,
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 .
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Their quiver is as an open sepulchre ,
they are all mighty men .
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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 @#
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they shall impoverish thy fenced cities ,
wherein thou trustedst ,
with the sword .
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Nevertheless in those days ,
saith the LORD ,
I will not make a full end with you .
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And it shall come to pass ,
when ye shall say ,
Wherefore tachath #
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 .
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Declare this in the house of Jacob Ya #
aqob #,
and publish it in Judah ,
saying ,
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Hear now this ,
O foolish people ,
and without understanding ;
which have eyes ,
and see not ;
which have ears ,
and hear not :
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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 .
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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 .
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Your iniquities have turned away these things ,
and your sins have withholden good things from you .
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For among my people are found wicked men :
they lay wait ,
as he that setteth snares ;
they set a trap ,
they catch men .
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As a cage is full of birds ,
so are their houses full of deceit :
therefore they are become great ,
and waxen rich .
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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 .
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Shall I not visit for these things ?
saith the LORD :
shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this ?
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A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land ;
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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 ?