24_JER_05_01 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 .
24_JER_05_02 And though they say , the LORD liveth ; surely they swear falsely .
24_JER_05_03 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 .
24_JER_05_04 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 .
24_JER_05_05 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 .
24_JER_05_06 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 .
24_JER_05_07 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 .
24_JER_05_08 they were [ as ] fed horses in the morning : every one neighed after his neighbour's wife .
24_JER_05_09 shall I not visit for These [ things ] ? saith the LORD : And shall not my soul be avenged on such A nation as this ?
24_JER_05_10 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 .
24_JER_05_11 for the house of Israel And the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me , saith the LORD .
24_JER_05_12 they have belied the LORD , And said , [ it Is ] not he ; neither shall evil come upon us ; neither shall we see sword nor famine :
24_JER_05_13 And the prophets shall become wind , And the word [ Is ] not in them : thus shall it be done unto them .
24_JER_05_14 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 .
24_JER_05_15 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 .
24_JER_05_16 their quiver [ Is ] as an open sepulchre , they [ are ] all mighty men .
24_JER_05_17 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 .
24_JER_05_18 Nevertheless in those days , saith the LORD , I will not make A full end with you .
24_JER_05_19 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 yours .
24_JER_05_20 declare this in the house of Jacob , And publish it in Judah , saying ,
24_JER_05_21 hear now this , O foolish people , And without understanding ; which have eyes , And see not ; which have ears , And hear not :
24_JER_05_22 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 ?
24_JER_05_23 but this people hath A revolting And A rebellious heart ; they are revolted And gone .
24_JER_05_24 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 .
24_JER_05_25 your iniquities have turned away These [ things ] , And your sins have withholden good [ things ] from you .
24_JER_05_26 for among my people are found wicked [ men ] : they lay wait , as he that setteth snares ; they set A trap , they catch men .
24_JER_05_27 as A cage Is full of birds , So [ are ] their houses full of Deceit : therefore they are become great , And waxen rich .
24_JER_05_28 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 .
24_JER_05_29 shall I not visit for These [ things ] ? saith the LORD : shall not my soul be avenged on such A nation as this ?
24_JER_05_30 A wonderful And horrible thing Is committed in the land ;
24_JER_05_31 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 ?