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Jeremiah 5:1 (NET) New English Translation

1 The LORD said, "Go up and down through the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and see for yourselves. Search through its public squares. See if any of you can find a single person who deals honestly and tries to be truthful. If you can, then I will not punish this city.
2 These people make promises in the name of the LORD. But the fact is, what they swear to is really a lie."
3 LORD, I know you look for faithfulness. But even when you punish these people, they feel no remorse. Even when you nearly destroy them, they refuse to be corrected. They have become as hardheaded as a rock. They refuse to change their ways.
4 I thought, "Surely it is only the ignorant poor who act this way. They act like fools because they do not know what the LORD demands. They do not know what their God requires of them.
5 I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the LORD demands. Surely they know what their God requires of them." Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him.
6 So like a lion from the thicket their enemies will kill them. Like a wolf from the desert they will destroy them. Like a leopard they will lie in wait outside their cities and totally destroy anyone who ventures out. For they have rebelled so much and done so many unfaithful things.
7 The LORD asked, "How can I leave you unpunished, Jerusalem? Your people have rejected me and have worshiped gods that are not gods at all. Even though I supplied all their needs, they were like an unfaithful wife to me. They went flocking to the houses of prostitutes.
8 They are like lusty, well-fed stallions. Each of them lusts after his neighbor's wife.
9 I will surely punish them for doing such things!" says the LORD. "I will surely bring retribution on such a nation as this!"
10 The LORD commanded the enemy, "March through the vineyards of Israel and Judah and ruin them. But do not destroy them completely. Strip off their branches for these people do not belong to the LORD.
11 For the nations of Israel and Judah have been very unfaithful to me," says the LORD.
12 "These people have denied what the LORD says. They have said, 'That is not so! No harm will come to us. We will not experience war and famine.
13 The prophets will prove to be full of wind. The LORD has not spoken through them. So, let what they say happen to them.'"
14 Because of that, the LORD, the God who rules over all, said to me, "Because these people have spoken like this, I will make the words that I put in your mouth like fire. And I will make this people like wood which the fiery judgments you speak will burn up."
15 The LORD says, "Listen, nation of Israel! I am about to bring a nation from far away to attack you. It will be a nation that was founded long ago and has lasted for a long time. It will be a nation whose language you will not know. Its people will speak words that you will not be able to understand.
16 All of its soldiers are strong and mighty. Their arrows will send you to your grave.
17 They will eat up your crops and your food. They will kill off your sons and your daughters. They will eat up your sheep and your cattle. They will destroy your vines and your fig trees. Their weapons will batter down the fortified cities you trust in.
18 Yet even then I will not completely destroy you," says the LORD.
19 "So then, Jeremiah, when your people ask, 'Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?' tell them, 'It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So you must serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.'
20 "Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.
21 Tell them: 'Hear this, you foolish people who have no understanding, who have eyes but do not discern, who have ears but do not perceive:
22 "You should fear me!" says the LORD. "You should tremble in awe before me! I made the sand to be a boundary for the sea, a permanent barrier that it can never cross. Its waves may roll, but they can never prevail. They may roar, but they can never cross beyond that boundary."
23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned aside and gone their own way.
24 They do not say to themselves, "Let us revere the LORD our God. It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time. It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest."
25 Your misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.'
26 "Indeed, there are wicked scoundrels among my people. They lie in wait like bird catchers hiding in ambush. They set deadly traps to catch people.
27 Like a cage filled with the birds that have been caught, their houses are filled with the gains of their fraud and deceit. That is how they have gotten so rich and powerful.
28 That is how they have grown fat and sleek. There is no limit to the evil things they do. They do not plead the cause of the fatherless in such a way as to win it. They do not defend the rights of the poor.
29 I will certainly punish them for doing such things!" says the LORD. "I will certainly bring retribution on such a nation as this!
30 "Something horrible and shocking is going on in the land of Judah:
31 The prophets prophesy lies. The priests exercise power by their own authority. And my people love to have it this way. But they will not be able to help you when the time of judgment comes!
1 Run ye to and fro H7751 through the streets H2351 of Jerusalem, H3389 and see H7200 now, H4994 and know, H3045 and seek H1245 in the broad places H7339 thereof, if H518 ye can find H4672 a man, H376 if H518 there be H3426 any that executeth H6213 judgment, H4941 that seeketh H1245 the truth; H530 and I will pardon H5545 it.
2 And though H518 they say, H559 The LORD H3068 liveth; H2416 surely H3651 they swear H7650 falsely. H8267
3 O LORD, H3068 are not H3808 thine eyes H5869 upon the truth H530 ? thou hast stricken H5221 them , but they have not H3808 grieved; H2342 thou hast consumed H3615 them, but they have refused H3985 to receive H3947 correction: H4148 they have made their faces H6440 harder H2388 than a rock H4480 H5553 ; they have refused H3985 to return. H7725
4 Therefore I H589 said, H559 Surely H389 these H1992 are poor; H1800 they are foolish: H2973 for H3588 they know H3045 not H3808 the way H1870 of the LORD, H3068 nor the judgment H4941 of their God. H430
5 I will get H1980 me unto H413 the great men, H1419 and will speak unto H1696 them; for H3588 they H1992 have known H3045 the way H1870 of the LORD, H3068 and the judgment H4941 of their God: H430 but H389 these H1992 have altogether H3162 broken H7665 the yoke, H5923 and burst H5423 the bonds. H4147
6 Wherefore H5921 H3651 a lion H738 out of the forest H4480 H3293 shall slay H5221 them, and a wolf H2061 of the evenings H6160 shall spoil H7703 them , a leopard H5246 shall watch H8245 over H5921 their cities: H5892 every one H3605 that goeth out H3318 thence H4480 H2007 shall be torn in pieces: H2963 because H3588 their transgressions H6588 are many, H7231 and their backslidings H4878 are increased. H6105
7 How H335 shall I pardon H5545 thee for this H2063 ? thy children H1121 have forsaken H5800 me , and sworn H7650 by them that are no H3808 gods: H430 when I had fed them to the full H7646 H853 , they then committed adultery, H5003 and assembled themselves H1413 by troops in the harlots H2181 houses. H1004
8 They were H1961 as fed H2109 horses H5483 in the morning: H7904 every one H376 neighed H6670 after H413 his neighbor's H7453 wife. H802
9 Shall I not H3808 visit H6485 for H5921 these H428 things ? saith H5002 the LORD: H3068 and H518 shall not H3808 my soul H5315 be avenged H5358 on such H834 a nation H1471 as this H2088 ?
10 Go ye up H5927 upon her walls, H8284 and destroy; H7843 but make H6213 not H408 a full end: H3617 take away H5493 her battlements; H5189 for H3588 they H1992 are not H3808 the LORD's H3068.
11 For H3588 the house H1004 of Israel H3478 and the house H1004 of Judah H3063 have dealt very treacherously H898 H898 against me, saith H5002 the LORD. H3068
12 They have belied H3584 the LORD, H3068 and said, H559 It is not H3808 he; H1931 neither H3808 shall evil H7451 come H935 upon H5921 us; neither H3808 shall we see H7200 sword H2719 nor famine: H7458
13 And the prophets H5030 shall become H1961 wind, H7307 and the word H1699 is not H369 in them: thus H3541 shall it be done H6213 unto them.
14 Wherefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 God H430 of hosts, H6635 Because H3282 ye speak H1696 H853 this H2088 word, H1697 behold, H2009 I will make H5414 my words H1697 in thy mouth H6310 fire, H784 and this H2088 people H5971 wood, H6086 and it shall devour H398 them.
15 Lo H2009 , I will bring H935 a nation H1471 upon H5921 you from far H4480 H4801 , O house H1004 of Israel, H3478 saith H5002 the LORD: H3068 it H1931 is a mighty H386 nation, H1471 it H1931 is an ancient H4480 H5769 nation, H1471 a nation H1471 whose language H3956 thou knowest H3045 not, H3808 neither H3808 understandest H8085 what H4100 they say. H1696
16 Their quiver H827 is as an open H6605 sepulcher, H6913 they are all H3605 mighty men. H1368
17 And they shall eat up H398 thine 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 thine herds: H1241 they shall eat up H398 thy vines H1612 and thy fig trees: H8384 they shall impoverish H7567 thy fenced H4013 cities, H5892 wherein H834 thou H859 trustedst, H982 with the sword. H2719
18 Nevertheless H1571 in those H1992 days, H3117 saith H5002 the LORD, H3068 I will not H3808 make H6213 a full end H3617 with H854 you.
19 And it shall come to pass, H1961 when H3588 ye shall say, H559 Wherefore H8478 H4100 doeth H6213 the LORD H3068 our God H430 H853 all H3605 these H428 things unto us? then shalt thou answer H559 H413 them, Like H834 as ye have forsaken H5800 me , and served H5647 strange H5236 gods H430 in your land, H776 so H3651 shall ye serve H5647 strangers H2114 in a land H776 that is not H3808 yours.
20 Declare H5046 this H2063 in the house H1004 of Jacob, H3290 and publish H8085 it in Judah, H3063 saying, H559
21 Hear H8085 now H4994 this, H2063 O foolish H5530 people, H5971 and without H369 understanding; H3820 which have eyes, H5869 and see H7200 not; H3808 which have ears, H241 and hear H8085 not: H3808
22 Fear H3372 ye not H3808 me? saith H5002 the LORD: H3068 will ye not H3808 tremble H2342 at my presence H4480 H6440 , which H834 have placed H7760 the sand H2344 for the bound H1366 of the sea H3220 by a perpetual H5769 decree, H2706 that it cannot H3808 pass H5674 it : and though the waves H1530 thereof toss themselves, H1607 yet can they not H3808 prevail; H3201 though they roar, H1993 yet can they not H3808 pass over H5674 it?
23 But this H2088 people H5971 hath H1961 a revolting H5637 and a rebellious H4784 heart; H3820 they are revolted H5493 and gone. H1980
24 Neither H3808 say H559 they in their heart, H3824 Let us now H4994 fear H3372 H853 the LORD H3068 our God, H430 that giveth H5414 rain, H1653 both the former H3138 and the latter, H4456 in his season: H6256 he reserveth H8104 unto us the appointed H2708 weeks H7620 of the harvest. H7105
25 Your iniquities H5771 have turned away H5186 these H428 things , and your sins H2403 have withheld H4513 good H2896 things from H4480 you.
26 For H3588 among my people H5971 are found H4672 wicked H7563 men : they lay wait, H7789 as he that setteth H7918 snares; H3353 they set H5324 a trap, H4889 they catch H3920 men. H376
27 As a cage H3619 is full H4392 of birds, H5775 so H3651 are their houses H1004 full H4392 of deceit: H4820 therefore H5921 H3651 they are become great, H1431 and waxen rich. H6238
28 They are waxen fat, H8080 they shine: H6245 yea, H1571 they overpass H5674 the deeds H1697 of the wicked: H7451 they judge H1777 not H3808 the cause, H1779 the cause H1779 of the fatherless, H3490 yet they prosper; H6743 and the right H4941 of the needy H34 do they not H3808 judge. H8199
29 Shall I not H3808 visit H6485 for H5921 these H428 things ? saith H5002 the LORD: H3068 shall not H3808 my soul H5315 be avenged H5358 on such H834 a nation H1471 as this H2088 ?
30 A wonderful H8047 and horrible thing H8186 is committed H1961 in the land; H776
31 The prophets H5030 prophesy H5012 falsely, H8267 and the priests H3548 bear rule H7287 by H5921 their means; H3027 and my people H5971 love H157 to have it so: H3651 and what H4100 will ye do H6213 in the end H319 thereof?
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