Jeremiah 5:1-15

1Run ye to and fro through the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389, and seeH7200 now, and knowH3045, and seekH1245 in the broadways thereof, if ye can findH4672 a manH376, if there be [any] that doeth justiceH4941, that seeketh fidelity; and I will pardon it.

2And if they sayH559, [As] Jehovah liveth! surely they swearH7650 falsely.

3Jehovah, are not thine eyesH5869 upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refusedH3985 to receiveH3947 correctionH4148: they have madeH2388 their facesH6440 harder than a rockH5553; they have refusedH3985 to returnH7725.

4And I saidH559, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they knowH3045 not the wayH1870 of Jehovah, the judgmentH4941 of their 1GodH430.

5I will go unto the greatH1419 men, and will speakH1696 unto them; for they knowH3045 the wayH1870 of Jehovah, the judgmentH4941 of their 2GodH430; but these have altogetherH3162 brokenH7665 the yokeH5923, have burst the bonds.

6ThereforeH3651 a lionH738 out of the forestH3293 shall slay them, a wolfH2061 of the evenings shall waste them; the leopardH5246 lurketh against their citiesH5892, every one that goeth out thence is tornH2963 in pieces: for their transgressionsH6588 are multiplied, their backslidings are increased.

7Wherefore should I pardon thee? Thy children have forsaken me, and swearH7650 by them that are not 3GodH430. I have satiated them, and they have committedH5003 adulteryH5003, and they troop to the harlots' houseH1004.

8[As] well fed horsesH5483, they roam about, every oneH376 neigheth after his neighbour's wifeH802.

9Shall I not visitH6485 for these thingsH428? saith Jehovah, and shall not my soulH5315 be avengedH5358 on such a nationH1471 as this?

10GoH5927 up upon her walls, and destroyH7843; but makeH6213 not a full end; take awayH5493 her battlements, for they are not Jehovah's.

11For the houseH1004 of IsraelH3478 and the houseH1004 of JudahH3063 have dealtH898 very treacherouslyH898 against me, saith Jehovah.

12They have deniedH3584 Jehovah, and sayH559, He is not; and evilH7451 shall not comeH935 upon us, nor shall we seeH7200 swordH2719 nor famineH7458;

13and the prophetsH5030 shall becomeH1961 windH7307, and the word is not in them: thusH3541 shall it beH1961 done unto them.

14ThereforeH3651 thusH3541 saith Jehovah, the 4GodH430 of hostsH6635: Because ye speakH1696 this wordH1697, behold, I will makeH5414 my wordsH1697 in thy mouthH6310 fireH784, and this peopleH5971 woodH6086, and it shall devourH398 them.

15Behold, I bringH935 a nationH1471 upon you from afar, houseH1004 of IsraelH3478, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nationH1471, it is an ancient nationH1471, a nationH1471 whose languageH3956 thou knowest not, neither understandest thou what they sayH1696.