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# Jeremiah 5 (New King James Version)
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The Justice of God's Judgment
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##### Chapter 5
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###### 1 "Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem;
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See now and know;
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And seek in her open places
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If you can find a man,
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If there is _anyone_ who executes judgment,
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Who seeks the truth,
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And I will pardon her.
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###### 2 Though they say, '_As_ the Lord lives,'
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Surely they swear falsely."
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###### 3 O Lord, _are_ not Your eyes on the truth?
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You have stricken them,
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But they have not grieved;
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You have consumed them,
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But they have refused to receive correction.
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They have made their faces harder than rock;
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They have refused to return.
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###### 4 Therefore I said, "Surely these _are_ poor.
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They are foolish;
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For they do not know the way of the Lord,
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The judgment of their God.
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###### 5 I will go to the great men and speak to them,
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For they have known the way of the Lord,
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The judgment of their God."
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But these have altogether broken the yoke
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_And_ burst the bonds.
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###### 6 Therefore a lion from the forest shall slay them,
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A wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
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A leopard will watch over their cities.
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Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
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Because their transgressions are many;
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Their backslidings have increased.
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###### 7 "How shall I pardon you for this?
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Your children have forsaken Me
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And sworn by _those_ _that are_ not gods.
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When I had fed them to the full,
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Then they committed adultery
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And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
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###### 8 They were _like_ well-fed lusty stallions;
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Every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.
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###### 9 Shall I not punish _them_ for these _things?_" says the Lord.
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"And shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?
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###### 10 "Go up on her walls and destroy,
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But do not make a complete end.
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Take away her branches,
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For they _are_ not the Lord's.
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###### 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah
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Have dealt very treacherously with Me," says the Lord.
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###### 12 They have lied about the Lord,
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And said, "_It is_ not He.
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Neither will evil come upon us,
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Nor shall we see sword or famine.
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###### 13 And the prophets become wind,
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For the word _is_ not in them.
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Thus shall it be done to them."
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###### 14 Therefore thus says the Lord God of hosts:
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"Because you speak this word,
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Behold, I will make My words in your mouth fire,
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And this people wood,
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And it shall devour them.
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###### 15 Behold, I will bring a nation against you from afar,
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O house of Israel," says the Lord.
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"It _is_ a mighty nation,
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It _is_ an ancient nation,
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A nation whose language you do not know,
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Nor can you understand what they say.
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###### 16 Their quiver _is_ like an open tomb;
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They _are_ all mighty men.
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###### 17 And they shall eat up your harvest and your bread,
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_Which_ your sons and daughters should eat.
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They shall eat up your flocks and your herds;
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They shall eat up your vines and your fig trees;
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They shall destroy your fortified cities,
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In which you trust, with the sword.
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###### 18 "Nevertheless in those days," says the Lord, "I will not make a complete end of you.
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###### 19 And it will be when you say, 'Why does the Lord our God do all these _things_ to us?' then you shall answer them, 'Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land _that is_ not yours.'
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###### 20 "Declare this in the house of Jacob
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And proclaim it in Judah, saying,
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###### 21 'Hear this now, O foolish people,
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Without understanding,
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Who have eyes and see not,
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And who have ears and hear not:
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###### 22 Do you not fear Me?' says the Lord.
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'Will you not tremble at My presence,
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Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea,
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By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it?
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And though its waves toss to and fro,
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Yet they cannot prevail;
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Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.
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###### 23 But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart;
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They have revolted and departed.
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###### 24 They do not say in their heart,
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"Let us now fear the Lord our God,
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Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season.
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He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest."
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###### 25 Your iniquities have turned these _things_ away,
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And your sins have withheld good from you.
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###### 26 'For among My people are found wicked _men;_
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They lie in wait as one who sets snares;
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They set a trap;
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They catch men.
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###### 27 As a cage is full of birds,
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So their houses _are_ full of deceit.
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Therefore they have become great and grown rich.
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###### 28 They have grown fat, they are sleek;
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Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked;
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They do not plead the cause,
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The cause of the fatherless;
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Yet they prosper,
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And the right of the needy they do not defend.
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###### 29 Shall I not punish _them_ for these _things?_' says the Lord.
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'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?'
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###### 30 "An astonishing and horrible thing
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Has been committed in the land:
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###### 31 The prophets prophesy falsely,
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And the priests rule by their _own_ power;
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And My people love _to have it_ so.
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But what will you do in the end?
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