Jeremiah:5:1-17
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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 ?
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 neighbour '
s 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 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 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 ,
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 :
they shall impoverish thy fenced cities ,
wherein thou trustedst ,
with the sword .
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