Book 24 : JEREMIAH - Chapter 005
005:001
And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear
falsely
005:002
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
005:003
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
005:004
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
005:005
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
005:006
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
005:007
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed
after his neighbour's wife
005:008
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall
not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this
005:009
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end:
take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD's
005:010
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
treacherously against me, saith the LORD
005:011
They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither
shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor
famine
005:012
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in
them: thus shall it be done unto them
005:013
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
005:014
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
005:015
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men
005:016
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
005:017
Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a
full end with you
005:018
And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore 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 your's
005:019
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
saying
005:020
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding;
which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not
005:021
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
005:022
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they
are revolted and gone
005:023
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
005:024
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins
have withholden good things from you
005:025
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he
that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men
005:026
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of
deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich
005:027
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
005:028
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not
my soul be avenged on such a nation as this
005:029
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land
005:030
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
Book 24 : JEREMIAH - Chapter 005
|