The Bible Verse By Verse Continued...

[iTheophilus]

"Nevertheless in those days," says the LORD, "I will not make a complete end of you.

- Jeremiah 5:18 (NKJV)

 

[iTheophilus]

"And it will be when you say, 'Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us?' then you shall answer them, 'Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.'

- Jeremiah 5:19 (NKJV)

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 5:20 (NKJV)
“Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 5:21 (NKJV)
‘Hear this now, O foolish people, Without understanding, Who have eyes and see not, And who have ears and hear not:

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 5:22 (NKJV)
Do you not fear Me?’ says the LORD. ‘Will you not tremble at My presence, Who have placed the sand as the bound of the sea, By a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass beyond it? And though its waves toss to and fro, Yet they cannot prevail; Though they roar, yet they cannot pass over it.

 

[LoveinChrist]

Jeremiah 5:23 (NKJV)
But this people has a defiant and rebellious heart;
They have revolted and departed.

 

[LoveinChrist]

Jeremiah 5:24 (NKJV)
They do not say in their heart,
“Let us now fear the Lord our God,
Who gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season.
He reserves for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.”

 

[Deade]

Jeremiah 5:25 (NKJV)

Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withheld good from you.

 

[Deade]

Jeremiah 5:26 (NKJV)

‘For among My people are found wicked men; they lie in wait as one who sets snares; they set a trap; they catch men.

 

[iTheophilus]

As a cage is full of birds, So their houses are full of deceit. Therefore they have become great and grown rich.

- Jeremiah 5:27 (NKJV)

 

[iTheophilus]

They have grown fat, they are sleek; Yes, they surpass the deeds of the wicked; They do not plead the cause, The cause of the fatherless; Yet they prosper, And the right of the needy they do not defend.

- Jeremiah 5:28 (NKJV)

 

[iTheophilus]

Shall I not punish them for these things?' says the LORD. 'Shall I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?'

- Jeremiah 5:29 (NKJV)

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 5:30 (CSB)

“An appalling, horrible thing has taken place in the land.

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 5:31 (CSB)

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority.
My people love it like this. But what will you do at the end of it?

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 6:1 (CSB)

“Run for cover out of Jerusalem, Benjaminites. Sound the ram’s horn in Tekoa;
raise a smoke signal over Beth-haccherem, [a],for disaster threatens from the north, even a crushing blow.

[a] = House of the Vineyard

 

[iTheophilus]

I have likened the daughter of Zion To a lovely and delicate woman.

- Jeremiah 6:2 (NKJV)

 

[iTheophilus]

The shepherds with their flocks shall come to her. They shall pitch their tents against her all around. Each one shall pasture in his own place."

- Jeremiah 6:3 (NKJV)

 

[iTheophilus]

"Prepare war against her; Arise, and let us go up at noon. Woe to us, for the day goes away, For the shadows of the evening are lengthening.

- Jeremiah 6:4 (NKJV)

 

[Lucy-Pevensie]

Jeremiah 6:5 (CSB)

Rise up, let’s attack by night. Let’s destroy her fortresses

 

[GracethroughfaithinChrist]

Jeremiah 6:6 (NKJV)
For thus has the LORD of hosts said: “Cut down trees, And build a mound against Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished. She is full of oppression in her midst.