Verse 25
Jeremiah 5:25
World English Bible, British Edition
25
“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins
have withheld good from you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עֲוֺנוֹתֵי/כֶ֖ם הִטּוּ אֵ֑לֶּה וְ/חַטֹּ֣אותֵי/כֶ֔ם מָנְע֥וּ הַ/טּ֖וֹב מִ/כֶּֽם
English Translation
Your iniquities have turned these away, and your sins have withheld the good from you.
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Chapter 5 Context
1
“Run back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know,
and seek in its wide pl...
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2
Though they say, ‘As the LORD lives,’ surely they swear falsely.”
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3
O LORD, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them,
but they were not grieved. You have c...
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4
Then I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; for they
don’t know the LORD’s way, nor the l...
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5
I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they know the way
of the LORD, and the law of...
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6
Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings
will destroy them. A leopa...
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7
“How can I pardon you? Your children have forsaken me, and sworn
by what are no gods. When I had fed...
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8
They were as fed horses roaming at large. Everyone neighed after his neighbour’s
wife.
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9
Shouldn’t I punish them for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t my
soul be avenged on such a na...
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10
“Go up on her walls, and destroy, but don’t make a full end.
Take away her branches, for they are no...
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11
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously
against me,” says the L...
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12
They have denied the LORD, and said, “It is not he. Evil won’t
come on us. We won’t see sword or fam...
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13
The prophets will become wind, and the word is not in them. Thus it
will be done to them.”
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14
Therefore the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Armies says, “Because you speak
this word, behold, I will ma...
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15
Behold, I will bring a nation on you from far away, house of Israel,”
says the LORD. “It is a mighty...
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16
Their quiver is an open tomb. They are all mighty men.
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17
They will eat up your harvest and your bread, which your sons and your
daughters should eat. They wi...
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18
“But even in those days,” says the LORD, “I will not make a full
end of you.
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19
It will happen when you say, ‘Why has the LORD our God (Elohim) done all these
things to us?’ Then y...
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20
“Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah,
saying,
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21
‘Hear this now, foolish people without understanding, who have eyes,
and don’t see, who have ears, a...
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22
Don’t you fear me?’ says the LORD ‘Won’t you tremble at my presence,
who have placed the sand for th...
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23
“But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart. They
have revolted and gone.
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24
They don’t say in their heart, ‘Let’s now fear the LORD our God (Elohim), who
gives rain, both the f...
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25
“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins
have withheld good from you.
26
For wicked men are found amongst my people. They watch, as fowlers lie
in wait. They set a trap. The...
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27
As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit. Therefore
they have become great, an...
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28
They have grown fat. They shine; yes, they excel in deeds of wickedness.
They don’t plead the cause,...
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29
“Shouldn’t I punish for these things?” says the LORD. “Shouldn’t
my soul be avenged on such a nation...
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30
“An astonishing and horrible thing has happened in the land.
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31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority;
and my people love to ha...
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