Jer 5 | ABEn | STEP | Run about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see! And know, and seek in her squares! if there should be found a man; if there is one having equity, and seeking trust -- and I will be kind to them, says the lord .

‏ Jeremiah 5

CHAPTER 5 The Rebellion of Israel

1 Run about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see! And know, and seek in her squares! if there should be found a man; if there is one having equity, and seeking trust -- and I will be kind to them, says the lord. 2 As the lord lives, they say, On account of this do they not [²with ³lies ¹swear by an oath]? 3 O lord, your eyes look unto trust. You whipped them, and they were not pained. You finished them off entirely, but they did not want to take correction. They solidified their faces above a rock, and they did not want to turn towards you. 4 And I said, perhaps they are poor, because they are not able. For they do not know the way of the lord, and the equity of God. 5 I will go to the stout men and speak to them, for they recognized the way of the lord, and the equity of God. And behold, with one accord they broke the yoke, they tore up the bonds. 6 On account of this [²smote ³them ¹a lion] from out of the forest; and the wolf [³unto ⁴their houses ¹annihilated ²them]; and a leopard acted vigilant over their cities. All the ones going forth from them shall be hunted; for they multiplied their impiety, they strengthened in their rejection. 7 What kind [⁴for these things ¹of kindness ²should happen ³to you]? Your sons abandoned me, and they swore by an oath by the ones not being gods. And I have filled them, and they committed adultery, and [²in ³the houses ⁴of harlots ¹rested up]. 8 [³horses ²sex-crazed ¹They became]; each [²over ³the ⁴wife ⁵of his neighbor ¹snorting]. 9 Shall [⁴over ⁵these things ²not ¹I ³visit]? says the lord. or [²a nation ¹to such] shall not [²take vengeance ¹my soul]? 10 Ascend upon her battlements, and raze! [⁴unto completion ¹But ²you should not ³do it]. Destroy her supports! for [²of the lord ¹they are not]. 11 For in disrespecting they disrespected against me, says the lord, even the house of Israel, and the house of Judah. 12 They have lied to their lord, and they said, [³not so ²are ¹These things]; there shall not come upon us bad things, and the sword and hunger we will not see. 13 Our prophets were into the wind, and the word of the lord does not exist among them. Thus it shall be to them. 14 On account of this, thus says the lord almighty, Because you spoke this word, behold, I have given my words into your mouth as fire, and this people as wood, and it shall devour them.

The Coming Destruction

15 Behold, I bring upon you a nation at a distance, O house of Israel, says the lord. [²nation ¹A strong], a nation from the eon, a nation of which you shall not hear the voice of its language. 16 All strong men; his quiver is as a tomb being open. 17 And they shall devour your harvest, and your bread loaves. And they shall devour your sons, and your daughters. And they shall devour your sheep, and your calves. And they shall devour your vineyards, and your fig groves, and your olive groves. And they shall thresh [²cities ¹your fortified], (upon which you rely upon them,) by the broadsword. 18 And it will be in those days, says the lord your God, in no way will I appoint you unto completion. 19 And it will be whenever you should say, For what reason did [³do ¹the lord ²our God] to us all these things? That you shall say to them, Because you abandoned me, and served strange gods in your land. Thus shall you serve strangers in a land not of yours. 20 Announce these things unto the house of Jacob, and let it be heard in of Judah! 21 Hearken indeed to these things, [⁴people ¹O moronish ²and ³heartless]! They have eyes, and they do not see; they have ears, and they do not hear. 22 Will [³me ¹you not ²fear], says the lord? or before my face will you not show veneration? the one ordering the sand for a limit to the sea [²order ¹as an eternal], and the sea shall not pass over it; and it shall be disturbed but it will not be prevailing; and [²shall resound ¹its waves], but shall not pass over it. 23 But to this people there became [²heart ¹an unhearing], and a resistance of persuasion. They turned aside and departed. 24 And they have not said in their heart, We should indeed fear the lord our God, the one giving to us [⁴rain ¹the early ²and ³late] according to its season of the fullness of the order of harvest, and he guarded it for us. 25 Your lawless deeds turned aside these things. And your sins removed the good things from you. 26 For [²were found ³among ⁴my people ¹impious men]. And [²a snare ¹they set] to corrupt men; and they conceive their plan. 27 As a snare having been set is full of birds, so their houses are full of treachery. On account of this they were magnified, and enriched. 28 They became fat and violated equity. They judged not the case of the orphan, and [²for the case ³of the widow ¹they judged not]. 29 Shall I not [²for ³these ¹watch], says the lord? or to [²a nation ¹such] shall I not avenge my soul? 30 A change of state and causes for shuddering was taken place upon the earth. 31 The prophets prophesied unjustly, and the priests clapped their hands; and my people have loved it so. And what will you do in the times after these things?