ASV_Strong : Jeremiah 5
1. Run ye to and fro[H7751] through the streets[H2351] of Jerusalem[H3389], and see[H7200] now[H3045], and know, and seek[H1245] in the broad places[H7339] thereof[H4672], if ye can find a man[H376], if there be[H3426] any that doeth[H6213] justly[H4941], that seeketh[H1245] truth[H530]; and I will pardon her[H5545].
2. And though they say[H559], As Jehovah[H3068] liveth[H2416]; surely they swear[H7650] falsely[H8267].
3. O Jehovah[H3068], do not thine eyes[H5869] look upon truth[H530]? thou hast stricken[H5221] them[H2342], but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed[H3615] them[H3985], but they have refused to receive[H3947] correction[H4148]: they have made their faces[H6440] harder[H2388] than a rock[H5553]; they have refused[H3985] to return[H7725].
4. Then I said[H559], Surely these are poor[H1800]; they are foolish[H2973]; for they know[H3045] not the way[H1870] of Jehovah[H3068], nor the law[H4941] of their God[H430]:
5. I will get[H3212] me unto the great men[H1419], and will speak[H1696] unto them[H3045]; for they know the way[H1870] of Jehovah[H3068], and the law[H4941] of their God[H430]. But these with one accord[H3162] have broken[H7665] the yoke[H5923], and burst[H5423] the bonds[H4147].
6. Wherefore a lion[H738] out of the forest[H3293] shall slay[H5221] them[H2061], a wolf of the evenings[H6160] shall destroy[H7703] them[H5246], a leopard shall watch[H8245] against their cities[H5892]; every one that goeth out[H3318] thence shall[H2007] be torn in pieces[H2963]; because their transgressions[H6588] are many[H7231], and their backslidings[H4878] are increased[H6105].
7. How[H335] can I pardon[H5545] thee[H2063]? thy children[H1121] have forsaken[H5800] me[H7650], and sworn by them that are no[H3808] gods[H430]. When I had fed them to the full[H7650], they committed adultery[H5003], and assembled themselves in troops[H1413] at the harlots[H2181]' houses[H1004].
8. They were as fed[H2109] horses[H5483] roaming at large[H7904]; every one[H376] neighed[H6670] after his neighbor[H7453]'s wife[H802].
9. Shall I not visit[H6485] for these things[H5002]? saith Jehovah[H3068]; and shall not my soul[H5315] be avenged[H5358] on such a nation as this[H1471]?
10. Go ye up[H5927] upon her walls[H8284], and destroy[H7843]; but make[H6213] not a full end[H3617]: take away[H5493] her branches[H5189]; for they are not Jehovah[H3068]'s.
11. For the house[H1004] of Israel[H3478] and the house[H1004] of Judah[H3063] have dealt very[H898] treacherously[H898] against me[H5002], saith Jehovah[H3068].
12. They have denied[H3584] Jehovah[H3068], and said[H559], It is not he[H7451]; neither shall evil come[H935] upon us[H7200]; neither shall we see sword[H2719] nor famine[H7458]:
13. and the prophets[H5030] shall become wind[H7307], and the word[H1696] is not in them[H6213]: thus shall it be done unto them.
14. Wherefore thus saith[H559] Jehovah[H3068], the God[H430] of hosts[H6635], Because ye speak[H1696] this word[H1697], behold[H5414], I will make my words[H1697] in thy mouth[H6310] fire[H784], and this people[H5971] wood[H6086], and it shall devour them[H398].
15. Lo[H935], I will bring a nation[H1471] upon you from far[H4801], O house[H1004] of Israel[H3478], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068]: it is a mighty[H386] nation[H1471], it is an ancient[H5769] nation[H1471], a nation[H1471] whose language[H3956] thou knowest[H3045] not[H8085], neither understandest what they say[H1696].
16. Their quiver[H827] is an open[H6605] sepulchre[H6913], they are all mighty men[H1368].
17. And they shall eat up[H398] thy harvest[H7105], and thy bread[H3899], which thy sons[H1121] and thy daughters[H1323] should eat[H398]; they shall eat up[H398] thy flocks[H6629] and thy herds[H1241]; they shall eat up[H398] thy vines[H1612] and thy fig-trees[H8384]; they shall beat down[H7567] thy fortified[H4013] cities[H5892], wherein thou[H2007] trustest[H982], with the sword[H2719].
18. But even in those days[H3117], saith[H5002] Jehovah[H3068], I will not make[H6213] a full end with you[H3617].
19. And it shall come to pass[H559], when ye shall say, Wherefore[H8478] hath Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430] done[H6213] all these things unto us[H559]? then shalt thou say unto them[H5800], Like as ye have forsaken me[H5647], and served foreign[H5236] gods[H430] in your land[H776], so shall ye serve[H5647] strangers[H2114] in a land that is not yours[H776].
20. Declare[H5046] ye this in the house[H1004] of Jacob[H3290], and publish[H8085] it in Judah[H3063], saying[H559],
21. Hear[H8085] now this[H5530], O foolish people[H5971], and without understanding[H3820]; that have eyes[H5869], and see[H7200] not[H241]; that have ears, and hear not[H8085]:
22. Fear[H3372] ye not me[H5002]? saith Jehovah[H3068]: will ye not tremble[H2342] at my presence[H6440], who have placed[H7760] the sand[H2344] for the bound[H1366] of the sea[H3220], by a perpetual[H5769] decree[H2706], that it cannot pass[H5674] it[H1530]? and though the waves thereof toss[H1607] themselves[H3201], yet can they not prevail; though they roar[H1993], yet can they not pass over it[H5674].
23. But this people[H5971] hath a revolting[H5637] and a rebellious[H4784] heart[H3820]; they are revolted[H5493] and gone[H3212].
24. Neither say[H559] they in their heart[H3824], Let us now fear[H3372] Jehovah[H3068] our God[H430], that giveth[H5414] rain[H1653], both the former[H3138] and the latter[H4456], in its season[H6256]; that preserveth[H8104] unto us the appointed[H2708] weeks[H7620] of the harvest[H7105].
25. Your iniquities[H5771] have turned away[H5186] these things[H2403], and your sins have withholden[H4513] good from you[H2896].
26. For among my people[H5971] are found[H4672] wicked[H7563] men[H7918]: they watch, as fowlers[H3353] lie in wait[H7789]; they set[H5324] a trap[H4889], they catch[H3920] men[H582].
27. As a cage[H3619] is full[H4392] of birds[H5775], so are their houses[H1004] full[H4392] of deceit[H4820]: therefore they are become great[H1431], and waxed rich[H6238].
28. They are waxed fat[H8080], they shine[H6245]: yea[H5674], they overpass in deeds[H1697] of wickedness[H7451]; they plead[H1777] not the cause[H1779], the cause of the fatherless[H3490], that they may prosper[H6743]; and the right[H4941] of the needy[H34] do they not judge[H8199].
29. Shall I not visit[H6485] for these things[H5002]? saith Jehovah[H3068]; shall not my soul[H5315] be avenged[H5358] on such a nation as this[H1471]?
30. A wonderful[H8047] and horrible thing[H8186] is come[H1961] to pass in the land[H776]:
31. the prophets[H5030] prophesy[H5012] falsely[H8267], and the priests[H3548] bear rule[H7287] by their means[H3027]; and my people[H5971] love[H157] to have it so[H6213]: and what will ye do in the end thereof[H319]?
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