Verse 20
Jeremiah 5:20
Bible in Basic English
20
Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,
Original Language Text
hebrew
הַגִּ֥ידוּ זֹ֖את בְּ/בֵ֣ית יַעֲקֹ֑ב וְ/הַשְׁמִיע֥וּ/הָ בִ/יהוּדָ֖ה לֵ/אמֹֽר
English Translation
Proclaim this in the house of Jacob and announce it in Judah, saying
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 5 Context
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Go quickly through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and get knowledge, and make a search in he...
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And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
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O Lord, do not your eyes see good faith? you have given them punishment, but they were not troubled;...
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Then I said, But these are the poor: they are foolish, for they have no knowledge of the way of the...
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I will go to the great men and have talk with them; for they have knowledge of the way of the Lord a...
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And so a lion from the woods will put them to death, a wolf of the waste land will make them waste,...
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How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking t...
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They were full of desire, like horses after a meal of grain: everyone went after his neighbour's wif...
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9
Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such...
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10
Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for...
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11
For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.
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12
They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us...
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13
And the prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them; so it will be done to them.
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14
For this reason the Lord, the God (Elohim) of armies, has said: Because you have said this, I will m...
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15
See, I will send you a nation from far away, O people of Israel, says the Lord; a strong nation and...
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16
Their arrows give certain death, they are all men of war.
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17
They will take all the produce of your fields, which would have been food for your sons and your dau...
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But even in those days, says the Lord, I will not let your destruction be complete.
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19
And it will come about, when you say, Why has the Lord our God (Elohim) done all these things to us?...
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20
Say this openly in Jacob and give it out in Judah, saying,
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Give ear now to this, O foolish people without sense; who have eyes but see nothing, and ears withou...
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22
Have you no fear of me? says the Lord; will you not be shaking with fear before me, who have put the...
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23
But the heart of this people is uncontrolled and turned away from me; they are broken loose and gone...
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24
And they do not say in their hearts, Now let us give worship to our God (Elohim), who gives the rain...
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25
Through your evil-doing these things have been turned away, and your sins have kept back good from y...
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For there are sinners among my people: they keep watch, like men watching for birds; they put a net...
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As the fowl-house is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: for this reason they have be...
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They have become fat and strong: they have gone far in works of evil: they give no support to the ca...
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Am I not to give punishment for these things? says the Lord: will not my soul take payment from such...
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30
A thing of wonder and fear has come about in the land;
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The prophets give false words and the priests give decisions by their direction; and my people are g...
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