Jeremiah 5
1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be <add>any</add> that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.2And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.3O LORD, <add>are</add> not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, <add>but</add> they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.4Therefore I said, Surely these <add>are</add> poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, <add>nor</add> the judgment of their God.5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, <add>and</add> the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, <add>and</add> burst the bonds.6Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, <add>and</add> a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, <add>and</add> their backslidings are increased.
7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by <add>them that are</add> no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.8They were <add>as</add> fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.9Shall I not visit for these <add>things?</add> saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they <add>are</add> not the LORD’s.11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.12They have belied the LORD, and said, <add>It is</add> not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:13And the prophets shall become wind, and the word <add>is</add> not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.14Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it <add>is</add> a mighty nation, it <add>is</add> an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.16Their quiver <add>is</add> as an open sepulchre, they <add>are</add> all mighty men.17And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, <add>which</add> thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.18Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these <add>things</add> unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land <add>that is</add> not yours.20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand <add>for</add> the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?23But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25Your iniquities have turned away these <add>things</add>, and your sins have withholden good <add>things</add> from you.26For among my people are found wicked <add>men:</add> they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.27As a cage is full of birds, so <add>are</add> their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.29Shall I not visit for these <add>things?</add> saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love <add>to have it</add> so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by <add>them that are</add> no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.8They were <add>as</add> fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.9Shall I not visit for these <add>things?</add> saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they <add>are</add> not the LORD’s.11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.12They have belied the LORD, and said, <add>It is</add> not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:13And the prophets shall become wind, and the word <add>is</add> not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.14Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it <add>is</add> a mighty nation, it <add>is</add> an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.16Their quiver <add>is</add> as an open sepulchre, they <add>are</add> all mighty men.17And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, <add>which</add> thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.18Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these <add>things</add> unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land <add>that is</add> not yours.20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:22Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand <add>for</add> the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?23But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
25Your iniquities have turned away these <add>things</add>, and your sins have withholden good <add>things</add> from you.26For among my people are found wicked <add>men:</add> they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.27As a cage is full of birds, so <add>are</add> their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.29Shall I not visit for these <add>things?</add> saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
30A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love <add>to have it</add> so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?