Verse 17

Jeremiah 5:17

New Living Translation

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17 They will devour the food of your harvest; they will devour your sons and daughters. They will devour your flocks and herds; they will devour your grapes and figs. And they will destroy your fortified towns, which you think are so safe.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/אָכַ֨ל קְצִֽירְ/ךָ֜ וְ/לַחְמֶ֗/ךָ יֹאכְלוּ֙ בָּנֶ֣י/ךָ וּ/בְנוֹתֶ֔י/ךָ יֹאכַ֤ל צֹאנְ/ךָ֙ וּ/בְקָרֶ֔/ךָ יֹאכַ֥ל גַּפְנְ/ךָ֖ וּ/תְאֵנָתֶ֑/ךָ יְרֹשֵׁ֞שׁ עָרֵ֣י מִבְצָרֶ֗י/ךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר אַתָּ֛ה בּוֹטֵ֥חַ בָּ/הֵ֖נָּה בֶּ/חָֽרֶב

English Translation

And your harvest will be eaten by your sons and your daughters; your sheep and your cattle will be eaten; your vineyards and your fig trees will be consumed; the cities of your fortress, in which you trust, will be desolated by the sword.

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Chapter 5 Context

1 “Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the LORD. “Look high and low; search throughout... Focus ↗

2 But even when they are under oath, saying, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are still telli... Focus ↗

3 LORD, you are searching for honesty. You struck your people, but they paid no attention. Yo... Focus ↗

4 Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the way... Focus ↗

5 So I will go and speak to their leaders. Surely they know the ways of the LORD and understand... Focus ↗

6 So now a lion from the forest will attack them; a wolf from the desert will pounce on them. A... Focus ↗

7 “How can I pardon you? For even your children have turned from me. They have sworn by gods tha... Focus ↗

8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife. Focus ↗

9 Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nat... Focus ↗

10 “Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines, leaving a scattered few alive. ... Focus ↗

11 The people of Israel and Judah are full of treachery against me,” says the LORD. Focus ↗

12 “They have lied about the LORD and said, ‘He won’t bother us! No disasters will come upon us.<... Focus ↗

13 God (Elohim)’s prophets are all windbags who don’t really speak for him. Let their predictions... Focus ↗

14 Therefore, this is what the LORD God (Elohim) of Heaven’s Armies says: “Because the people are talki... Focus ↗

15 O Israel, I will bring a distant nation against you,” says the LORD. “It is a mighty nation,<b... Focus ↗

16 Their weapons are deadly; their warriors are mighty. Focus ↗

17 They will devour the food of your harvest; they will devour your sons and daughters. They will...

18 “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the LORD. Focus ↗

19 “And when your people ask, ‘Why did the LORD our God (Elohim) do all this to us?’ you must reply, ‘Y... Focus ↗

20 “Make this announcement to Israel, and say this to Judah: Focus ↗

21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people, with eyes that do not see and ears that do not hear.... Focus ↗

22 Have you no respect for me? Why don’t you tremble in my presence? I, the LORD, define the ocea... Focus ↗

23 But my people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned away and abandoned me. Focus ↗

24 They do not say from the heart, ‘Let us live in awe of the LORD our God (Elohim), for he gives... Focus ↗

25 Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all the... Focus ↗

26 “Among my people are wicked men who lie in wait for victims like a hunter hiding in a blind. T... Focus ↗

27 Like a cage filled with birds, their homes are filled with evil plots. And now they are great... Focus ↗

28 They are fat and sleek, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse to provide ju... Focus ↗

29 Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nat... Focus ↗

30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in this land — Focus ↗

31 the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my peop... Focus ↗

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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 5 (31 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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