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CHAP. V.
1 The iudgements of God vpon the Iewes, for their peruersenesse, 7 for their adulterie, 10 for their impietie, 19 for their contempt of God, 25 and for their great corruption in the Ciuill state, 30 and Ecclesiasticall.
2 And though they say, The Lord liueth, surely they sweare falsely.
3 O Lord, are not thine eyes vpon the trueth? thou hast stricken them, but they haue not grieued; thou hast consumed them, but they haue refused to receiue correction: they haue made their faces harder then a rocke, they haue refused to returne.3
6 Wherfore a lyon out of the forrest shall slay them, and a wolfe of the euenings shall spoile them, a leopard shall watch ouer their cities: euery one that goeth out thence shalbe torne in pieces, because their transgressions are many, and their backeslidings are increased.6
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: euery one neighed after his neighbours wife:8
12 They haue belyed the Lord, and said; It is not he, neither shall euill come vpon vs, neither shal we see sword nor famine.12
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done vnto them.
14 Wherfore thus saith the Lord God of Hostes; Because yee speake this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth, fire, and this people wood, and it shall deuoure them.14
15 Loe, I will bring a nation vpon you from farre, 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 vnderstandest what they say.15
16 Their quiuer is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
17 And they shall eate vp thine haruest and thy bread, which thy sonnes and thy daughters should eate: they shall eate vp thy flockes and thine heards: they shall eate vp thy vines and thy figtrees: they shall impouerish thy fenced cities wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.17
18 Neuerthelesse in those daies, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.18
19 ¶ And it shall come to passe when yee shall say; Wherefore doth the Lord our God all these things vnto vs? then shalt thou answere them; Like as ye haue forsaken me, & serued strange Gods in your land; so shall yee serue strangers in a land that is not yours.19
20 Declare this in the house of Iacob, and publish it in Iudah saying;
21 Heare now this, O foolish people, and without vnderstanding, which haue eyes and see not, which haue eares and heare not.21
22 Feare yee not mee, saith the Lord ? Will yee not tremble at my presence, which haue placed the sand for the bound of the sea, by a perpetuall decree that it cannot passe it, and though the waues thereof tosse themselues, yet can they not preuaile, though they roare, yet can they not passe ouer it?22
23 But this people hath a reuolting and a rebellious heart: they are reuolted and gone.
24 Neither say they in their heart; Let vs now feare the Lord our God, that giueth raine, both the former and the later in his season: he reserueth vnto vs the appointed weekes of the haruest.24
25 ¶ Your iniquities haue turned away these things, & your sinnes haue withholden good things from you.
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay waite as hee that setteth snares, they set a trap, they catch men.26
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.27
28 They are waxen fat, they shine: yea they ouerpasse the deedes of the wicked: they iudge not the cause, the cause of the fatherlesse, yet they prosper: and the right of the needy doe they not iudge.28
30 ¶ A wonderfull and horrible thing is committed in the land.30
31 The prophets prophecie falsely, and the priests beare rule by their meanes, and my people loue to haue it so: and what will yee doe in the end therof?31
Jeremiah Chapter 5 Sidenote References (from Original 1611 KJV Bible):
3 Isai.9.13. chap. 2. 30.
6 Or, deserts. , Heb. are strong.
8 Ezek.22. 11.
12 Isai. 28.15.
14 Cha. 1.9.
15 Deut. 28. 49. cha. 1. 15. and 6. 22.
17 Leu.26. 16. deut. 28.31.33.
18 Cha.4.27.
19 Cha.16.10 and 13.22.
21 Isai. 6.9. matth. 13. 14. acts 28. 26. rom.11. 8. ioh.12. 40. , Heb. heart.
22 Iob.38. 10, 11. psal. 104.9.
24 Deut.11. 14.
26 Or, they pry as foulers lie in waite.
27 Or, coupe.
28 Deut. 32. 15. , Isai.1. 23. zac. 7.10.
30 Or, astonishmen and filthinesse.
31 Chap.14. 18. and 23. 25.26. ez. 13.6. , Or, take into their hands.
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