Berean Standard Bible

Jeremiah 5:3-21

3O LORDH3068, do notH3808 Your eyesH5869 look for truthH530? You struck themH5221 , but they felt noH3808 painH2342. You finished them offH3615, but they refusedH3985 to acceptH3947 disciplineH4148. They have made their facesH6440 harderH2388 than stoneH5553 and refusedH3985 to repentH7725.

4Then IH589 saidH559, “TheyH1992 are onlyH389 the poorH1800;they have played the foolH2973,forH3588 they do notH3808 knowH3045 the wayH1870 of the LORDH3068,the justiceH4941 of their GodH430.5I will goH1980 toH413 the powerfulH1419and speakH1696 to themH853.SurelyH3588 theyH1992 knowH3045 the wayH1870 of the LORDH3068,the justiceH4941 of their GodH430.”

ButH389 they tooH1992, with one accordH3162, had brokenH7665 the yokeH5923and torn offH5423 the chainsH4147.6ThereforeH5921 H3651 a lionH738 from the forestH3293 will strike them downH5221,a wolfH2061 from the desertH6160 will ravage themH7703.A leopardH5246 will lie in waitH8245 nearH5921 their citiesH5892,and everyoneH3605 who ventures outH3318 will be torn to piecesH2963.ForH3588 their rebellious actsH6588 are manyH7231,and their unfaithful deedsH4878 are numerousH6105.

7“WhyH335 H2063 should I forgive youH5545?Your childrenH1121 have forsaken MeH5800and swornH7650 by gods that are notH3808 godsH430.I satisfiedH7646 their needsH853, yet they committed adulteryH5003and assembledH1413 at the housesH1004 of prostitutesH2181.8They areH1961 well-fedH2109, lustyH7904 stallionsH5483,eachH376 neighingH6670 afterH413 his neighbor’sH7453 wifeH802.9Should I notH3808 punish themH6485 forH5921 these thingsH428?”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068 .“Should I notH3808 avengeH5358 MyselfH5315on such a nationH1471 as thisH2088?10Go upH5927 through her vineyardsH8284 and ravage themH7843,but do notH408 finish them offH3617 H6213.Strip offH5493 her branchesH5189,forH3588 theyH1992 do notH3808 belong to the LORDH3068.11ForH3588 the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and the houseH1004 of JudahH3063have been utterly unfaithfulH898 to Me,”declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.

12They have liedH3584 about the LORDH3068 and saidH559:

“HeH1931 will not do anythingH3808; harmH7451 will notH3808 comeH935 to usH5921;we will notH3808 seeH7200 swordH2719 or famineH7458.13The prophetsH5030 areH1961 but windH7307,for the wordH1699 is notH369 in them.So letH3541 their own predictions befallH6213 them.1”

14ThereforeH3651 this is whatH3541 the LORDH3068 GodH430 of HostsH6635 saysH559:

“BecauseH3282 you have spokenH1696 thisH2088 H2005 wordH1697,I will makeH5414 My wordsH1697 a fireH784 in your mouthH6310and thisH2088 peopleH5971 the woodH6086 it consumesH398.15BeholdH2005, I am bringingH935 a distantH4801 nationH1471 against youH5921,O houseH1004 of IsraelH3478,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068.“ItH1931 is an establishedH386 nationH1471,an ancientH5769 H1931 nationH1471,a nationH1471 whose languageH3956 you do notH3808 knowH3045and whose speechH4100 H1696 you do notH3808 understandH8085.16Their quiversH827 are like openH6605 gravesH6913;they are allH3605 mighty menH1368.17They will devourH398 your harvestH7105 and foodH3899;they will consumeH398 your sonsH1121 and daughtersH1323;they will eat upH398 your flocksH6629 and herdsH1241;they will feed onH398 your vinesH1612 and fig treesH8384.With the swordH2719 they will destroyH7567the fortifiedH4013 citiesH5892 in whichH834 youH859 trustH982.”

18“Yet evenH1571 in thoseH1992 daysH3117,” declaresH5002 the LORDH3068, “I will notH3808 makeH6213 a full endH3617 of youH854. 19AndH1961 whenH3588 the people askH559, ‘ForH8478 whatH4100 offense has the LORDH3068 our GodH430 doneH6213 allH3605 these things to usH428?’ You are to tellH559 themH413, ‘Just asH834 you have forsakenH5800 MeH853 and servedH5647 foreignH5236 godsH430 in your landH776, soH3651 will you serveH5647 foreignersH2114 in a landH776 that is notH3808 your own.’”

20DeclareH5046 thisH2063 in the houseH1004 of JacobH3290 and proclaimH8085 it in JudahH3063 :

21“HearH8085 H4994 thisH2063,O foolishH5530 and senselessH369 H3820 peopleH5971,who have eyesH5869 but do notH3808 seeH7200,who have earsH241 but do notH3808 hearH8085.

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