Jeremiah 5 (kjv)

Run ye to and fro^H7751 through the streets^H2351 of Jerusalem^H3389, and see^H7200 now, and know^H3045, and seek^H1245 in the broad places^H7339 thereof, if ye can find^H4672 a man^H376, if there be^H3426 any that executeth^H6213 judgment^H4941, that seeketh^H1245 the truth^H530; and I will pardon^H5545 it.²And though they say^H559, The LORD^H3068 liveth^H2416; surely they swear^H7650 falsely^H8267.³O LORD^H3068, are not thine eyes^H5869 upon the truth^H530? thou hast stricken^H5221 them, but they have not grieved^H2342; thou hast consumed^H3615 them, but they have refused^H3985 to receive^H3947 correction^H4148: they have made their faces^H6440 harder^H2388 than a rock^H5553; they have refused^H3985 to return^H7725.⁴Therefore I said^H559, Surely these are poor^H1800; they are foolish^H2973: for they know^H3045 not the way^H1870 of the LORD^H3068, nor the judgment^H4941 of their God^H430.⁵I will get^H3212 me unto the great men^H1419, and will speak^H1696 unto them; for they have known^H3045 the way^H1870 of the LORD^H3068, and the judgment^H4941 of their God^H430: but these have altogether^H3162 broken^H7665 the yoke^H5923, and burst^H5423 the bonds^H4147.⁶Wherefore a lion^H738 out of the forest^H3293 shall slay^H5221 them, and a wolf^H2061 of the evenings^H6160 shall spoil^H7703 them, a leopard^H5246 shall watch^H8245 over their cities^H5892: every one that goeth out^H3318 thence shall^H2007 be torn in pieces^H2963: because their transgressions^H6588 are many^H7231, and their backslidings^H4878 are increased^H6105.

⁷How^H335 shall I pardon^H5545 thee for this^H2063? thy children^H1121 have forsaken^H5800 me, and sworn^H7650 by them that are no^H3808 gods^H430: when I had fed them to the full^H7650, they then committed adultery^H5003, and assembled themselves by troops^H1413 in the harlots^H2181 ' houses^H1004.⁸They were as fed^H2109 horses^H5483 in the morning^H7904: every one^H376 neighed^H6670 after his neighbour's^H7453 wife^H802.⁹Shall I not visit^H6485 for these things? saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068: and shall not my soul^H5315 be avenged^H5358 on such a nation^H1471 as this?

¹⁰Go ye up^H5927 upon her walls^H8284, and destroy^H7843; but make^H6213 not a full end^H3617: take away^H5493 her battlements^H5189; for they are not the LORD'S^H3068.¹¹For the house^H1004 of Israel^H3478 and the house^H1004 of Judah^H3063 have dealt very^H898 treacherously^H898 against me, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068.¹²They have belied^H3584 the LORD^H3068, and said^H559, It is not he; neither shall evil^H7451 come^H935 upon us; neither shall we see^H7200 sword^H2719 nor famine^H7458:¹³And the prophets^H5030 shall become wind^H7307, and the word^H1696 is not in them: thus shall it be done^H6213 unto them.¹⁴Wherefore thus saith^H559 the LORD^H3068 God^H430 of hosts^H6635, Because ye speak^H1696 this word^H1697, behold, I will make^H5414 my words^H1697 in thy mouth^H6310 fire^H784, and this people^H5971 wood^H6086, and it shall devour^H398 them.

¹⁵Lo, I will bring^H935 a nation^H1471 upon you from far^H4801, O house^H1004 of Israel^H3478, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068: it is a mighty^H386 nation^H1471, it is an ancient^H5769 nation^H1471, a nation^H1471 whose language^H3956 thou knowest^H3045 not, neither understandest^H8085 what they say^H1696.¹⁶Their quiver^H827 is as an open^H6605 sepulchre^H6913, they are all mighty men^H1368.¹⁷And they shall eat up^H398 thine harvest^H7105, and thy bread^H3899, which thy sons^H1121 and thy daughters^H1323 should eat^H398: they shall eat up^H398 thy flocks^H6629 and thine herds^H1241: they shall eat up^H398 thy vines^H1612 and thy fig trees^H8384: they shall impoverish^H7567 thy fenced^H4013 cities^H5892, wherein thou^H2007 trustedst^H982, with the sword^H2719.¹⁸Nevertheless in those days^H3117, saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068, I will not make^H6213 a full end^H3617 with you.

¹⁹And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say^H559, Wherefore^{H8478 H4100} doeth^H6213 the LORD^H3068 our God^H430 all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer^H559 them, Like as ye have forsaken^H5800 me, and served^H5647 strange^H5236 gods^H430 in your land^H776, so shall ye serve^H5647 strangers^H2114 in a land^H776 that is not yours.²⁰Declare^H5046 this in the house^H1004 of Jacob^H3290, and publish^H8085 it in Judah^H3063, saying^H559,²¹Hear^H8085 now this, O foolish^H5530 people^H5971, and without understanding^H3820; which have eyes^H5869, and see^H7200 not; which have ears^H241, and hear^H8085 not:²²Fear^H3372 ye not me? saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068: will ye not tremble^H2342 at my presence^H6440, which have placed^H7760 the sand^H2344 for the bound^H1366 of the sea^H3220 by a perpetual^H5769 decree^H2706, that it cannot pass^H5674 it: and though the waves^H1530 thereof toss^H1607 themselves, yet can they not prevail^H3201; though they roar^H1993, yet can they not pass over^H5674 it?²³But this people^H5971 hath a revolting^H5637 and a rebellious^H4784 heart^H3820; they are revolted^H5493 and gone^H3212.²⁴Neither say^H559 they in their heart^H3824, Let us now fear^H3372 the LORD^H3068 our God^H430, that giveth^H5414 rain^H1653, both the former^H3138 and the latter^H4456, in his season^H6256: he reserveth^H8104 unto us the appointed^H2708 weeks^H7620 of the harvest^H7105.

²⁵Your iniquities^H5771 have turned away^H5186 these things, and your sins^H2403 have withholden^H4513 good^H2896 things from you.²⁶For among my people^H5971 are found^H4672 wicked^H7563 men: they lay wait^H7789, as he that setteth^H7918 snares^H3353; they set^H5324 a trap^H4889, they catch^H3920 men^H582.²⁷As a cage^H3619 is full^H4392 of birds^H5775, so are their houses^H1004 full^H4392 of deceit^H4820: therefore they are become great^H1431, and waxen rich^H6238.²⁸They are waxen fat^H8080, they shine^H6245: yea, they overpass^H5674 the deeds^H1697 of the wicked^H7451: they judge^H1777 not the cause^H1779, the cause of the fatherless^H3490, yet they prosper^H6743; and the right^H4941 of the needy^H34 do they not judge^H8199.²⁹Shall I not visit^H6485 for these things? saith^H5002 the LORD^H3068: shall not my soul^H5315 be avenged^H5358 on such a nation^H1471 as this?

³⁰A wonderful^H8047 and horrible thing^H8186 is committed^H1961 in the land^H776;³¹The prophets^H5030 prophesy^H5012 falsely^H8267, and the priests^H3548 bear rule^H7287 by their means^H3027; and my people^H5971 love^H157 to have it so: and what will ye do^H6213 in the end^H319 thereof?