Jer 5:21 'Now hear this, O foolish and senseless people, Who have eyes but do not see; Who have ears but do not hear.
Jer 5:22 'Do you not fear Me?' declares the LORD. 'Do you not tremble in My presence? For I have placed the sand as a boundary for the sea, An eternal decree, so it cannot cross over it. Though the waves toss, yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot cross over it.
Jer 5:23 'But this people has a stubborn and rebellious heart; They have turned aside and departed.
Jer 5:24 'They do not say in their heart, "Let us now fear the LORD our God, Who gives rain in its season, Both the autumn rain and the spring rain, Who keeps for us The appointed weeks of the harvest."
Jer 5:25 'Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you.
Jer 5:26 'For wicked men are found among My people, They watch like fowlers lying in wait; They set a trap, They catch men.
Jer 5:27 'Like a cage full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit; Therefore they have become great and rich.
Jer 5:28 'They are fat, they are sleek, They also excel in deeds of wickedness; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the orphan, that they may prosper; And they do not defend the rights of the poor.
Jer 5:29 'Shall I not punish these people?' declares the LORD, 'On a nation such as this Shall I not avenge Myself?'
Jer 5:31 The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it so! But what will you do at the end of it?
Jer 6:1 "Flee for safety, O sons of Benjamin, From the midst of Jerusalem! Now blow a trumpet in Tekoa And raise a signal over Beth-haccerem; For evil looks down from the north, And a great destruction.
Jer 6:2 "The comely and dainty one, the daughter of Zion, I will cut off.
Jer 6:3 "Shepherds and their flocks will come to her, They will pitch their tents around her, They will pasture each in his place.
Jer 6:4 "Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us attack at noon. Woe to us, for the day declines, For the shadows of the evening lengthen!
Jer 6:5 "Arise, and let us attack by night And destroy her palaces!"
Jer 6:6 For thus says the LORD of hosts, "Cut down her trees And cast up a siege against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, In whose midst there is only oppression.
Jer 6:7 "As a well keeps its waters fresh, So she keeps fresh her wickedness. Violence and destruction are heard in her; Sickness and wounds are ever before Me.
Jer 6:8 "Be warned, O Jerusalem, Or I shall be alienated from you, And make you a desolation, A land not inhabited."
Jer 6:9 ¶ Thus says the LORD of hosts, "They will thoroughly glean as the vine the remnant of Israel; Pass your hand again like a grape gatherer Over the branches."
Jer 6:10 To whom shall I speak and give warning That they may hear? Behold, their ears are closed And they cannot listen. Behold, the word of the LORD has become a reproach to them; They have no delight in it.