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Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. Explain This Verse
2.
And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. Explain This Verse
3.
O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. Explain This Verse
4.
Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the Lord, nor the judgment of their God. Explain This Verse
5.
I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the Lord, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. Explain This Verse
6.
Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. Explain This Verse
7.
How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses. Explain This Verse
8.
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife. Explain This Verse
9.
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Explain This Verse
10.
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s. Explain This Verse
11.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord. Explain This Verse
12.
They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Explain This Verse
13.
And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
16.
Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
18.
Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
20.
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, Explain This Verse
21.
Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: Explain This Verse
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? Explain This Verse
23.
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
25.
Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. Explain This Verse
26.
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. Explain This Verse
27.
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. Explain This Verse
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. Explain This Verse
29.
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? Explain This Verse
30.
A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; Explain This Verse
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? Explain This Verse