Jeremiah 5:14-31
Judgment Proclaimed

14 Wherefore 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.

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15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it [is] a mighty nation, it [is] an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

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16 Their quiver [is] as an open sepulchre, they [are] all mighty men.

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17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, [which] 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.

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18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.

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19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these [things] 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 [that is] not yours.

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20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

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21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

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22 Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand [for] 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?

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23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

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24 Neither 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.

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25 Your iniquities have turned away these [things], and your sins have withholden good [things] from you.

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26 For among my people are found wicked [men]: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

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27 As a cage is full of birds, so [are] their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

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28 They 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.

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29 Shall I not visit for these [things]? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

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31 The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

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