Jeremiah 5:19-31

19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall sayH559, WhyH8478H4100 doethH6213 the LORDH3068 our GodH430 all these things to us? then shalt thou answerH559 them, As ye have forsakenH5800 me, and servedH5647 foreignH5236 godsH430 in your landH776, so shall ye serveH5647 strangersH2114 in a landH776 that is not yours.

20DeclareH5046 this in the houseH1004 of JacobH3290, and proclaimH8085 it in JudahH3063, sayingH559, 21HearH8085 now this, O foolishH5530 peopleH5971, and without understandingH3820; who have eyesH5869, and seeH7200 not; who have earsH241, and hearH8085 not:1 22FearH3372 ye not me? saithH5002 the LORDH3068: will ye not trembleH2342 at my presenceH6440, who have placedH7760 the sandH2344 for the boundH1366 of the seaH3220 by a perpetualH5769 decreeH2706, that it cannot passH5674 it: and though its wavesH1530 tossH1607 themselves, yet can they not prevailH3201; though they roarH1993, yet can they not pass overH5674 it? 23But this peopleH5971 have a revoltingH5637 and a rebelliousH4784 heartH3820; they have revoltedH5493 and goneH3212. 24Neither sayH559 they in their heartH3824, Let us now fearH3372 the LORDH3068 our GodH430, that givethH5414 rainH1653, both the formerH3138 and the latterH4456, in its seasonH6256: he reservethH8104 to us the appointedH2708 weeksH7620 of harvestH7105.

25Your iniquitiesH5771 have turned awayH5186 these things, and your sinsH2403 have withheldH4513 goodH2896 things from you. 26For among my peopleH5971 are foundH4672 wickedH7563 men : they lie in waitH7789, as he that settethH7918 snaresH3353; they setH5324 a trapH4889, they catchH3920 menH582.2 27As a cageH3619 is fullH4392 of birdsH5775, so are their housesH1004 fullH4392 of deceitH4820: therefore they have become greatH1431, and have grown richH6238.3 28They have become fatH8080, they shineH6245: yea, they exceedH5674 the deedsH1697 of the wickedH7451: they judgeH1777 not the causeH1779, the cause of the fatherlessH3490, yet they prosperH6743; and the rightH4941 of the needyH34 do they not judgeH8199. 29Shall I not punishH6485 for these things ? saithH5002 the LORDH3068: shall not my soulH5315 be avengedH5358 on such a nationH1471 as this? 30A wonderfulH8047 and horrible thingH8186 is committedH1961 in the landH776;4 31The prophetsH5030 prophesyH5012 falselyH8267, and the priestsH3548 bear ruleH7287 by their meansH3027; and my peopleH5971 loveH157 to have it so: and what will ye doH6213 in its endH319?5