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JEREMIAH
5.27
- Have dealt very treacherously against Me,
- Saith the Lord.
- 12They have belied the Lord,
- And said: 'It is not He,
- Neither shall evil come upon us;
- Neither shall we see sword nor famine;
- 13And the prophets shall become wind,
- And the word is not in them;
- Thus be it done unto them.'
- 14Wherefore thus saith the Lord, the 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 is an enduring nation,
- It is an ancient nation,
- A nation whose language thou knowest not,
- Neither understandest what they say.
- 16Their quiver is an open sepulchre,
- They are all mighty men.
- 17And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread,
- They shall eat up thy sons and thy daughters,
- They shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds,
- They shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees;
- They shall batter thy fortified cities,
- Wherein thou trusteth, with the sword.
- 18But even 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 hath the Lord our God done all these things unto us?' then shalt Thou say unto 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.'
- 20Declare ye this in the house of Jacob,
- And announce it in Judah, saying:
- 21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding,
- That have eyes, and see not,
- That have ears, and hear not:
- 22Fear ye not Me? saith the Lord;
- Will ye not tremble at My presence?
- Who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea,
- An everlasting ordinance, which it cannot pass;
- 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 the former rain, and the latter in due season;
- That keepeth for us
- The appointed weeks of the harvest.'
- 25Your iniquities have turned away these things,
- And your sins have withholden good from you.
- 26For among My people are found wicked men;
- They pry, as fowlers lie in wait;
- They set a trap, they catch men.
- 27As 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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