Jeremiah 5:19-31

19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our 1God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say to them, As ye have forsaken me, and served strange 2gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. 20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 21Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not. 22Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it? 23But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart; they have turned aside and are gone. 24And they say not in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our 3God, that giveth rain, both the early and the latter, in its season; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest. 25Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden from you what is good. 26For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men. 27As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves. 28They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge. 29Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? 30An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land: 31the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?