Jeremiah:5-7
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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 doeth justly ,
that seeketh truth ;
and I will pardon her .
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And though they say : '
As the LORD liveth ',
surely they swear falsely .
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O LORD ,
are not Thine eyes upon truth ?
Thou hast stricken them ,
but they were not affected ;
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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And I said : '
Surely these are poor ,
they are foolish ,
for they know not the way of the LORD ,
nor the ordinance of their God ;
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I will get me unto the great men ,
and will speak unto them ;
for they know the way of the LORD ,
and the ordinance of their God .'
But these had altogether broken the yoke ,
and burst the bands .
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Wherefore a lion out of the forest doth slay them ,
a wolf of the deserts doth spoil them ,
a leopard watcheth over their cities ,
every one that goeth out thence is torn in pieces ;
because their transgressions are many ,
their backslidings are increased .
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Wherefore should I pardon thee ?
The children have forsaken Me ,
and sworn by no-gods ;
and when I had fed them to the full ,
they committed adultery ,
and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots '
houses .
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They are become as well-fed horses ,
lusty stallions ;
every one neigheth after his neighbour '
s wife .
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Shall I not punish 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 into her rows ,
and destroy ,
but make not a full end ;
take away her shoots ;
for they are not the LORD '
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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 ;
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And the prophets shall become wind ,
and the word is not in them ;
thus be it done unto them .'
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Wherefore thus saith the LORD ,
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 .
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Lo ,
I will bring a nation upon you from far ,
O house of Israel ,
saith the LORD ;
it is an enduring 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 an open sepulchre ,
they are all mighty men .
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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 batter thy fortified cities ,
wherein thou trusteth ,
with the sword .
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But even 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 hath the LORD our God done all these things unto us ?'
then shalt Thou say unto 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 ye this in the house of Jacob ,
and announce it in Judah ,
saying :
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Hear now this ,
O foolish people ,
and without understanding ,
that have eyes ,
and see not ,
that have ears ,
and hear not :
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Fear ye not Me ?
saith the LORD ;
Will ye not tremble at My presence ?
Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea ,
an everlasting ordinance ,
which it cannot pass ;
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 the former rain ,
and the latter in due season ;
that keepeth for us the appointed weeks of the harvest .'
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Your iniquities have turned away these things ,
and your sins have withholden good from you .
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For among My people are found wicked men ;
they pry ,
as fowlers lie in wait ;
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 are become sleek ;
yea ,
they overpass in deeds of wickedness ;
they plead not the cause ,
the cause of the fatherless ,
that they might make it to prosper ;
and the right of the needy do they not judge .
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Shall I not punish for these things ?
saith the LORD ;
Shall not My soul be avenged on such a nation as this ?
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An appalling and horrible thing is come to pass in the land :
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The prophets prophesy in the service of falsehood ,
and the priests bear rule at their beck ;
and My people love to have it so ;
What then will ye do in the end thereof ?
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Put yourselves under covert ,
ye children of Benjamin ,
away from the midst of Jerusalem ,
and blow the horn in Tekoa ,
and set up a signal on Beth-cherem ;
for evil looketh forth from the north ,
and a great destruction .
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The comely and delicate one ,
the daughter of Zion ,
will I cut off .
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Shepherds with their flocks come unto her ;
they pitch their tents against her round about ;
they feed bare every one what is nigh at hand .
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Prepare ye war against her ;
arise ,
and let us go up at noon !' '
Woe unto us !
for the day declineth ,
for the shadows of the evening are stretched out !'
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Arise ,
and let us go up by night ,
and let us destroy her palaces .'
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For thus hath the LORD of hosts said :
hew ye down her trees ,
and cast up a mound against Jerusalem ;
this is the city to be punished ;
everywhere there is oppression in the midst of her .
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As a cistern welleth with her waters ,
so she welleth with her wickedness ;
violence and spoil is heard in her ;
before Me continually is sickness and wounds .
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Be thou corrected ,
O Jerusalem ,
lest My soul be alienated from thee ,
lest I make thee desolate ,
a land not inhabited .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts :
They shall thoroughly glean as a vine the remnant of Israel ;
turn again thy hand as a grape -
gatherer upon the shoots .
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To whom shall I speak and give warning ,
that they may hear ?
Behold ,
their ear is dull ,
and they cannot attend ;
behold ,
the word of the LORD is become unto them a reproach ,
they have no delight in it .
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Therefore I am full of the fury of the LORD ,
I am weary with holding in :
pour it out upon the babes in the street ,
and upon the assembly of young men together ;
for even the husband with the wife shall be taken ,
the aged with him that is full of days .
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And their houses shall be turned unto others ,
their fields and their wives together ;
for I will stretch out My hand upon the inhabitants of the land ,
saith the LORD .
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For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them every one is greedy for gain ;
and from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely .
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They have healed also the hurt of My people lightly ,
saying : '
Peace ,
peace ',
when there is no peace .
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They shall be put to shame because they have committed abomination ;
yea ,
they are not at all ashamed ,
neither know they how to blush ;
therefore they shall fall among them that fall ,
at the time that I punish them they shall stumble ,
saith the LORD .
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Thus saith the LORD :
Stand ye in the ways and see ,
and ask for the old paths ,
where is the good way ,
and walk therein ,
and ye shall find rest for your souls .
But they said : '
We will not walk therein .'
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And I set watchmen over you : '
Attend to the sound of the horn ',
but they said : '
We will not attend .'
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Therefore hear ,
ye nations ,
and know ,
O congregation ,
what is against them .
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Hear ,
O earth :
Behold ,
I will bring evil upon this people ,
even the fruit of their thoughts ,
because they have not attended unto My words ,
and as for My teaching ,
they have rejected it .
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To what purpose is to Me the frankincense that cometh from Sheba ,
and the sweet cane ,
from a far country ?
Your burnt -
offerings are not acceptable ,
nor your sacrifices pleasing unto Me .
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Therefore thus saith the LORD :
Behold ,
I will lay stumblingblocks before this people ,
and the fathers and the sons together shall stumble against them ,
the neighbour and his friend ,
and they shall perish .
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Thus saith the LORD :
Behold ,
a people cometh from the north country ,
and a great nation shall be roused from the uttermost parts of the earth .
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They lay hold on bow and spear ,
they are cruel ,
and have no compassion ;
their voice is like the roaring sea ,
and they ride upon horses ;
set in array ,
as a man for war ,
against thee ,
O daughter of Zion .
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We have heard the fame thereof ,
our hands wax feeble ,
anguish hath taken hold of us ,
and pain ,
as of a woman in travail .'
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Go not forth into the field ,
nor walk by the way ;
for there is the sword of the enemy ,
and terror on every side .
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O daughter of my people ,
gird thee with sackcloth ,
and wallow thyself in ashes ;
make thee mourning ,
as for an only son ,
most bitter lamentation ;
for the spoiler shall suddenly come upon us .
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I have made thee a tower and a fortress among My people ;
that thou mayest know and try their way .
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They are all grievous revolters ,
going about with slanders ;
they are brass and iron ;
they all of them deal corruptly .
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The bellows blow fiercely ,
the lead is consumed of the fire ;
in vain doth the founder refine ,
for the wicked are not separated .
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Refuse silver shall men call them ,
because the LORD hath rejected them .
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The word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
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Stand in the gate of the LORD '
S house ,
and proclaim there this word ,
and say :
Hear the word of the LORD ,
all ye of Judah ,
that enter in at these gates to worship the LORD .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Amend your ways and your doings ,
and I will cause you to dwell in this place .
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Trust ye not in lying words ,
saying : '
The temple of the LORD ,
the temple of the LORD ,
the temple of the LORD ,
are these .'
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Nay ,
but if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings ;
if ye thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbour ;
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if ye oppress not the stranger ,
the fatherless ,
and the widow ,
and shed not innocent blood in this place ,
neither walk after other gods to your hurt ;
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then will I cause you to dwell in this place ,
in the land that I gave to your fathers ,
for ever and ever .
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Behold ,
ye trust in lying words ,
that cannot profit .
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Will ye steal ,
murder ,
and commit adultery ,
and swear falsely ,
and offer unto Baal ,
and walk after other gods whom ye have not known ,
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and come and stand before Me in this house ,
whereupon My name is called ,
and say : '
We are delivered ',
that ye may do all these abominations ?
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Is this house ,
whereupon My name is called ,
become a den of robbers in your eyes ?
Behold ,
I ,
even I ,
have seen it ,
saith the LORD .
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For go ye now unto My place which was in Shiloh ,
where I caused My name to dwell at the first ,
and see what I did to it for the wickedness of My people Israel .
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And now ,
because ye have done all these works ,
saith the LORD ,
and I spoke unto you ,
speaking betimes and often ,
but ye heard not ,
and I called you ,
but ye answered not ;
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therefore will I do unto the house ,
whereupon My name is called ,
wherein ye trust ,
and unto the place which I gave to you and to your fathers ,
as I have done to Shiloh .
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And I will cast you out of My sight ,
as I have cast out all your brethren ,
even the whole seed of Ephraim .
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Therefore pray not thou for this people ,
neither lift up cry nor prayer for them ,
neither make intercession to Me ;
for I will not hear thee .
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Seest thou not what they do in the cities of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem ?
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The children gather wood ,
and the fathers kindle the fire ,
and the women knead the dough ,
to make cakes to the queen of heaven ,
and to pour out drink-offerings unto other gods ,
that they may provoke Me .
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Do they provoke Me ?
saith the LORD ;
do they not provoke themselves ,
to the confusion of their own faces ?
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Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD :
Behold ,
Mine anger and My fury shall be poured out upon this place ,
upon man ,
and upon beast ,
and upon the trees of the field ,
and upon the fruit of the land ;
and it shall burn ,
and shall not be quenched .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Add your burnt-offerings unto your sacrifices ,
and eat ye flesh .
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For I spoke not unto your fathers ,
nor commanded them in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt ,
concerning burnt-offerings or sacrifices ;
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but this thing I commanded them ,
saying : '
Hearken unto My voice ,
and I will be your God ,
and ye shall be My people ;
and walk ye in all the way that I command you ,
that it may be well with you .'
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But they hearkened not ,
nor inclined their ear ,
but walked in their own counsels ,
even in the stubbornness of their evil heart ,
and went backward and not forward ,
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even since the day that your fathers came forth out of the land of Egypt unto this day ;
and though I have sent unto you all My servants the prophets ,
sending them daily betimes and often ,
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yet they hearkened not unto Me ,
nor inclined their ear ,
but made their neck stiff ;
they did worse than their fathers .
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And thou shalt speak all these words unto them ,
but they will not hearken to thee ;
thou shalt also call unto them ,
but they will not answer thee .
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Therefore thou shalt say unto them :
This is the nation that hath not hearkened to the voice of the LORD their God ,
nor received correction ;
faithfulness is perished ,
and is cut off from their mouth .
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Cut off thy hair ,
and cast it away ,
and take up a lamentation on the high hills ;
for the LORD hath rejected and forsaken the generation of His wrath .
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For the children of Judah have done that which is evil in My sight ,
saith the LORD ;
they have set their detestable things in the house whereon My name is called ,
to defile it .
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And they have built the high places of Topheth ,
which is in the valley of the son of Hinnom ,
to burn their sons and their daughters in the fire ;
which I commanded not ,
neither came it into My mind .
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Therefore ,
behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that it shall no more be called Topheth ,
nor The valley of the son of Hinnom ,
but The valley of slaughter ;
for they shall bury in Topheth ,
for lack of room .
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And the carcasses of this people shall be food for the fowls of the heaven ,
and for the beasts of the earth ;
and none shall frighten them away .
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Then will I cause to cease from the cities of Judah ,
and from the streets of Jerusalem ,
the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness ,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride ;
for the land shall be desolate .
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At that time ,
saith the LORD ,
they shall bring out the bones of the kings of Judah ,
and the bones of his princes ,
and the bones of the priests ,
and the bones of the prophets ,
and the bones of the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
out of their graves ;
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