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Jeremiah - ch 5 v 21 - 31
- Hear now this, O foolish and heartless people, who have eyes and see not; who have ears, and hear not.
- Will ye not fear me? saith Jehovah. Will ye not tremble at my presence, who have set the sand a bound for the sea by a perpetual decree, and it shall not pass it? and its waves toss themselves, but they do not prevail; and they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
- But this people hath a stubborn and a rebellious heart; they have turned aside and are gone.
- And they say not in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the early and the latter, in its season; who preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of harvest.
- Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden from you what is good.
- For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as fowlers stoop down; they set a trap, they catch men.
- As a cage full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and have enriched themselves.
- They are become fat, they shine, yea, they surpass in deeds of wickedness; they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, and they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not adjudge.
- Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
- An appalling and horrible thing is committed in the land:
- the prophets prophesy falsehood, and the priests rule by their means; and my people love to have it so. But what will ye do in the end thereof?
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