Verse
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King James Version
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Berean Standard Bible
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
.
“Go
up
and down
the streets of Jerusalem .
Look
now and take
note;
search
her
squares.
If you
can find a single
person
, anyone
who
acts
justly
, anyone
who
seeks
the truth ,
then
I will forgive
the
city
.
And
though
they say, The LORD liveth;
surely
they swear
falsely.
Although
they say, ‘As
surely
as
the LORD lives,’
they are
swearing
falsely. ”
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
.
O LORD, do
not Your
eyes look
for
truth? You
struck
them, but they felt
no
pain.
You
finished
them off
, but they refused to accept
discipline.
They have made their faces harder than stone
and
refused to repent
.
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.
Then
I said, “They
are only
the
poor; they have
played
the
fool,
for they do
not know
the way of the LORD, the justice
of their God.
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
.
I will go
to
the powerful
and speak to
them .
Surely
they know
the way of the LORD, the justice
of their God .”
But they
too,
with
one
accord,
had
broken the yoke and torn
off
the chains
.
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
.
Therefore
a lion from
the forest will
strike
them down
, a wolf from
the desert
will
ravage
them .
A leopard will
lie
in
wait
near
their cities ,
and
everyone
who
ventures
out will
be torn to
pieces .
For
their rebellious
acts
are many, and their unfaithful
deeds
are numerous
.
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.
“Why
should
I forgive
you
? Your
children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods
that are not
gods .
I satisfied
their
needs
, yet
they committed adultery and assembled at
the houses of
prostitutes
.
They were
as
fed horses
in
the
morning:
every
one
neighed
after his neighbour's
wife.
They are
well-
fed ,
lusty
stallions,
each
neighing
after his neighbor’s
wife.
Shall
I not visit
for these things? saith
the LORD :
and
shall
not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a nation as this?
Should
I not punish
them
for these things? ”
declares
the LORD .
“Should
I
not avenge
Myself
on such a nation as this?
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
.
Go up through
her vineyards
and ravage
them,
but do
not finish
them
off.
Strip
off
her branches,
for they do
not belong
to
the LORD
.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt
very
treacherously
against
me, saith
the LORD.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been
utterly
unfaithful
to
Me, ”
declares
the LORD.
They have belied
the LORD ,
and said ,
It
is
not
he; neither
shall
evil
come upon
us; neither
shall
we see sword nor
famine :
They have lied
about
the LORD and said :
“
He will
not
do
anything
; harm
will
not
come to
us; we will
not
see sword or
famine .
And
the prophets shall
become
wind, and
the word is not in them :
thus
shall
it
be
done
unto
them.
The prophets are
but
wind, for
the word is not in them .
So
let
their
own
predictions
befall
them. ”
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
.
Therefore
this
is
what
the LORD God of Hosts says:
“
Because you
have
spoken
this word, I will make My words a
fire
in your
mouth and this people the
wood it consumes
.
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
.
Behold
, I am
bringing
a distant
nation against
you, O house of Israel, ”
declares
the LORD .
“
It is an
established
nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you
do
not know
and
whose
speech
you
do
not
understand
.
Their quiver
is
as
an
open sepulchre,
they are all mighty men.
Their quivers
are
like
open graves;
they are all mighty men.
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.
They will
devour
your
harvest and food;
they
will
consume
your
sons and daughters ;
they will
eat up your
flocks and herds ;
they will
feed
on
your
vines and fig trees .
With the sword they
will
destroy
the
fortified
cities
in
which
you
trust
. ”
Nevertheless
in those days, saith
the LORD, I will not make a full end with
you.
“Yet
even
in those days, ”
declares
the LORD, “
I will not make a full end of
you.
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 your's
.
And when the
people
ask
, ‘For
what
offense
has
the LORD our God done
all these things to
us? ’
You
are
to
tell
them, ‘Just
as you
have forsaken Me and served foreign
gods in your land, so will
you
serve foreigners
in a land that is not your
own
. ’”
Declare this in the house of Jacob ,
and publish
it in Judah ,
saying,
Declare this in the house of Jacob and proclaim
it in Judah :
Hear now
this, O foolish people, and
without
understanding;
which
have eyes ,
and
see
not ;
which
have ears ,
and
hear
not :
“
Hear this, O foolish and
senseless
people, who
have eyes but
do
not see,
who
have ears but
do
not hear.
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 ?
Do
you
not fear
Me? ”
declares
the LORD .
“Do
you
not tremble before
Me
, the One
who
set
the
sand as
the boundary
for
the sea, an
enduring
barrier
it cannot cross?
The waves surge
, but
they cannot
prevail .
They roar but
cannot
cross
it .
But this
people hath
a
revolting
and a
rebellious heart;
they are
revolted
and gone.
But these
people have
stubborn
and rebellious hearts.
They have
turned
aside
and gone away
.
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.
They have
not
said
in their hearts
, ‘
Let us fear the LORD our God, who
gives
the
rains
, both autumn
and spring
, in season ,
who
keeps
for
us the appointed weeks of harvest. ’
Your iniquities have turned
away
these things,
and
your sins have withholden
good
things
from
you.
Your iniquities have diverted
these from
you;
your sins have deprived
you of
My
bounty
.
For among my people are found
wicked men :
they lay
wait ,
as
he
that
setteth
snares
; they set a trap ,
they
catch men.
For among My people are wicked men ;
they watch
like
fowlers
lying
in
wait; they set a trap to
catch men.
As
a
cage
is
full of birds, so are
their houses full of deceit :
therefore they are
become great,
and waxen
rich.
Like
cages
full of birds, so their houses are
full of deceit .
Therefore they have
become powerful
and rich.
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
.
They have
grown
fat and
sleek
, and
have
excelled
in
the deeds of the wicked .
They have
not taken
up
the cause of the fatherless, that
they might
prosper; nor
have
they
defended
the rights
of the needy.
Shall
I not visit
for these things? saith
the LORD :
shall
not my
soul
be
avenged
on such a nation as this?
Should
I not punish
them
for these things? ”
declares
the LORD .
“Should
I
not avenge
Myself
on such a nation as this?
A wonderful
and
horrible thing is
committed
in the land ;
A horrible and
shocking
thing has
happened
in the land .
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
?
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own
authority.
My people love it so ,
but
what will you
do in the end?
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