Jeremiah 5 - New American Standard Bible (NASB)

Jerusalem’s Godlessness

5 “(A)Roam about through the streets of Jerusalem,
And look and take notice.
And seek in her public squares,
If you can (B)find a person,
(C)If there is one who does justice, who seeks honesty,
Then I will forgive [a]her.
2 And (D)although they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’
Certainly they swear falsely.”
3 Lord, do (E)Your eyes not look for honesty?
You have (F)struck them,
But they did not [b]weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they (G)refused to accept discipline.
They have (H)made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

4 Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they (I)do not know the way of the Lord
Or the judgment of their God.
5 I will go to the great
And speak to them,
For (J)they know the way of the Lord
And the judgment of their God.”
But together they too have (K)broken the yoke
And burst the restraints.
6 Therefore (L)a lion from the forest will kill them,
A (M)wolf of the deserts will destroy them,
A (N)leopard is watching their cities.
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,
Because their (O)wrongdoings are many,
Their apostasies are numerous.

7 “Why should I forgive you?
Your sons have forsaken Me
And (P)sworn by those who are (Q)not gods.
When I had fed them to the full,
They (R)committed adultery
And stayed at the prostitute’s house.
8 They were well-fed lusty horses,
Each one neighing at his (S)neighbor’s wife.
9 Shall I not punish them for these things?” declares the Lord,
“And (T)shall I not avenge Myself
On a nation such as this?

10 “Go up through her vine rows and destroy,
But do not execute a complete destruction;
Strip away her branches,
For they are not the Lord’s.
11 For the (U)house of Israel and the house of Judah
Have dealt very treacherously with Me,” declares the Lord.
12 They have (V)lied about the Lord
And said, “[c](W)Not He;
Misfortune will (X)not come upon us,
(Y)Nor will we see sword or famine.
13 The (Z)prophets are as wind,
And the word is not in them.
So it will be done to them!”

Judgment Proclaimed

14 Therefore, this is what the Lord, the God of armies says:
“Because you have spoken this word,
Behold, I am (AA)making My words fire in your mouth,
And this people wood, and it will consume them.
15 Behold, I am (AB)bringing a nation against you from far away, you house of Israel,” declares the Lord.
“It is an enduring nation,
It is an ancient nation,
A nation whose (AC)language you do not know,
Nor can you understand what they say.
16 Their (AD)quiver is like an (AE)open grave,
All of them are warriors.
17 They will (AF)devour your harvest and your food;
They will devour your sons and your daughters;
They will devour your flocks and your herds;
They will devour your (AG)vines and your fig trees;
They will demolish your (AH)fortified cities, in which you trust, with the sword.

18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not make a complete destruction of you. 19 And it shall come about (AI)when [d]they say, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all these things to us?’ then you shall say to them, ‘Just as you have abandoned Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will (AJ)serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’

20 “Declare this in the house of Jacob
And proclaim it in Judah, saying,
21 ‘Now hear this, you foolish and [e]senseless people,
Who have (AK)eyes but do not see,
Who have ears but do not hear.
22 Do you not (AL)fear Me?’ declares the Lord.
‘Do you not tremble in My presence?
For I have (AM)placed the sand as a boundary for the sea,
An eternal limit, and it will not cross over it.
Though the waves toss, they cannot prevail;
Though they roar, they will not cross over it.
23 But this people has a (AN)stubborn and rebellious heart;
They have turned aside and departed.
24 They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
Who (AO)gives rain in its season,
Both (AP)the autumn rain and the spring rain,
Who keeps for us
The (AQ)appointed weeks of the harvest.”
25 Your (AR)wrongdoings have turned these away,
And your sins have kept good away from you.
26 For wicked people are found among My people,
They (AS)watch like fowlers [f]lying in wait;
They set a trap,
They catch people.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
So their houses are full of (AT)deceit;
Therefore they have become great and rich.
28 They are (AU)fat, they are sleek,
They also [g]excel in deeds of wickedness;
They do not plead the cause,
The cause of the [h](AV)orphan, so that they may be successful;
And they do not [i]defend the rights of the poor.
29 (AW)Shall I not punish them for these things?’ declares the Lord,
‘Or shall I not avenge Myself
On a nation such as this?’

30 “An appalling and (AX)horrible thing
Has happened in the land:
31 The (AY)prophets prophesy falsely,
And the priests rule [j]on their own authority;
And My people (AZ)love it this way!
But what will you do [k]when the end comes?

Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:1 I.e., Jerusalem
  2. Jeremiah 5:3 Or become sick
  3. Jeremiah 5:12 Lit He is not
  4. Jeremiah 5:19 Or you
  5. Jeremiah 5:21 Lit without heart
  6. Jeremiah 5:26 Perhaps, crouching down
  7. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit pass over; or overlook deeds
  8. Jeremiah 5:28 Or fatherless
  9. Jeremiah 5:28 Lit judge
  10. Jeremiah 5:31 Lit over their own hands
  11. Jeremiah 5:31 Lit at the end of it

Cross references

  1. Jeremiah 5:1 : 2 Chr 16:9; Dan 12:4
  2. Jeremiah 5:1 : Ezek 22:30
  3. Jeremiah 5:1 : Gen 18:26, 32
  4. Jeremiah 5:2 : Is 48:1; Titus 1:16
  5. Jeremiah 5:3 : 2 Chr 16:9
  6. Jeremiah 5:3 : Is 1:5; 9:13; Jer 2:30
  7. Jeremiah 5:3 : Jer 7:28; 8:5; Zeph 3:2
  8. Jeremiah 5:3 : Jer 7:26; 19:15; Ezek 3:8
  9. Jeremiah 5:4 : Is 27:11; Jer 8:7; Hos 4:6
  10. Jeremiah 5:5 : Mic 3:1
  11. Jeremiah 5:5 : Ex 32:25; Ps 2:3; Jer 2:20
  12. Jeremiah 5:6 : Jer 4:7
  13. Jeremiah 5:6 : Ezek 22:27; Hab 1:8; Zeph 3:3
  14. Jeremiah 5:6 : Hos 13:7
  15. Jeremiah 5:6 : Jer 30:14, 15
  16. Jeremiah 5:7 : Josh 23:7; Jer 12:16; Zeph 1:5
  17. Jeremiah 5:7 : Deut 32:21; Jer 2:11; Gal 4:8
  18. Jeremiah 5:7 : Jer 7:9
  19. Jeremiah 5:8 : Jer 13:27; 29:23; Ezek 22:11
  20. Jeremiah 5:9 : Jer 9:9
  21. Jeremiah 5:11 : Jer 3:6, 7, 20
  22. Jeremiah 5:12 : 2 Chr 36:16
  23. Jeremiah 5:12 : Prov 30:9; Jer 14:22; 43:1-4
  24. Jeremiah 5:12 : Jer 23:17
  25. Jeremiah 5:12 : Jer 14:13
  26. Jeremiah 5:13 : Job 8:2; Jer 14:13, 15; 22:22
  27. Jeremiah 5:14 : Is 24:6; Jer 1:9; 23:29; Hos 6:5; Zech 1:6
  28. Jeremiah 5:15 : Deut 28:49; Is 5:26; Jer 4:16
  29. Jeremiah 5:15 : Is 28:11
  30. Jeremiah 5:16 : Is 5:28; 13:18
  31. Jeremiah 5:16 : Ps 5:9
  32. Jeremiah 5:17 : Lev 26:16; Deut 28:31, 33; Jer 8:16; 50:7, 17
  33. Jeremiah 5:17 : Jer 8:13
  34. Jeremiah 5:17 : Hos 8:14
  35. Jeremiah 5:19 : Deut 29:24-26; 1 Kin 9:8, 9; Jer 13:22; 16:10-13
  36. Jeremiah 5:19 : Deut 28:48; Jer 16:13
  37. Jeremiah 5:21 : Is 6:9; 43:8; Ezek 12:2; Matt 13:14; Mark 8:18; John 12:40; Acts 28:26; Rom 11:8
  38. Jeremiah 5:22 : Deut 28:58; Ps 119:120; Jer 2:19; 10:7; Rev 15:4
  39. Jeremiah 5:22 : Job 38:8-11; Ps 104:9; Prov 8:29
  40. Jeremiah 5:23 : Deut 21:18; Ps 78:8; Jer 4:17; 6:28
  41. Jeremiah 5:24 : Ps 147:8; Jer 3:3; Matt 5:45; Acts 14:17
  42. Jeremiah 5:24 : Joel 2:23
  43. Jeremiah 5:24 : Gen 8:22
  44. Jeremiah 5:25 : Jer 2:17; 4:18
  45. Jeremiah 5:26 : Ps 10:9; Prov 1:11; Jer 18:22; Hab 1:15
  46. Jeremiah 5:27 : Jer 9:6
  47. Jeremiah 5:28 : Deut 32:15
  48. Jeremiah 5:28 : Is 1:23; Jer 7:6; 22:3; Zech 7:10
  49. Jeremiah 5:29 : Jer 5:9; Mal 3:5
  50. Jeremiah 5:30 : Jer 23:14; Hos 6:10
  51. Jeremiah 5:31 : Ezek 13:6
  52. Jeremiah 5:31 : Mic 2:11

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