Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 5:19-31

19And when the people ask, ‘For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?’ You are to tell them, ‘Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’”

20Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

21“Hear this,O foolish and senseless people,who have eyes but do not see,who have ears but do not hear.22Do you not fear Me?”declares the LORD.“Do you not tremble before Me,the One who set the sand as the boundary for the sea,an enduring barrier it cannot cross?The waves surge, but they cannot prevail.They roar but cannot cross it.

23But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.They have turned aside and gone away.24They have not said in their hearts,‘Let us fear the LORD our God,who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season,who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’

25Your iniquities have diverted these from you;your sins have deprived you of My bounty.26For among My people are wicked men;they watch like fowlers lying in wait;they set a trap to catch men.27Like cages full of birds,so their houses are full of deceit.Therefore they have become powerful and rich.

28They have grown fat and sleek,and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked.They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless,that they might prosper;nor have they defendedthe rights of the needy.29Should I not punish them for these things?”declares the LORD.“Should I not avenge Myselfon such a nation as this?

30A horrible and shocking thinghas happened in the land.31The prophets prophesy falsely,and the priests rule by their own authority.My people love it so,but what will you do in the end?

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