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CHAPTER 3
Jeremiah 3:1
1 They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become
another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be
greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many  lovers;  yet
return again  to me, saith  the LORD. Jeremiah 3:2
2 Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been
lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the
wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms  and with
thy wickedness.
Jeremiah 3:3
3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter
rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Jeremiah 3:4
4 Wilt thou not from this time cry unto me, My father, thou art the guide
of my youth?
Jeremiah 3:5
5 Will he reserve his anger for ever? will he keep it to the end? Behold,
thou hast spoken and done evil things as thou couldest. Jeremiah 3:6
6 The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen
that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high
mountain and under  every green  tree,  and there hath played the harlot.
Jeremiah 3:7
7 And I said after she had done all these things, Turn thou unto me. But
she returned not. And her treacherous sister Judah saw it. Jeremiah 3:8
8 And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed
adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her
treacherous sister Judah feared  not, but went  and played the harlot 
also. Jeremiah 3:9
9 And it came to pass through the lightness of her whoredom, that she
defiled the land, and committed adultery with stones and with stocks.
Jeremiah 3:10
10 And yet for all this her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto
me with her whole heart, but feignedly, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 3:11
11 And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself
more than treacherous Judah.
Jeremiah 3:12
12 Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou
backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall
upon you: for I am merciful,  saith  the LORD,  and I will not keep  anger
for ever.
Jeremiah 3:13
13 Only acknowledge thine iniquity, that thou hast transgressed against the
LORD thy God, and hast scattered thy ways to the strangers under every
green tree, and ye have not obeyed my voice, saith  the LORD. Jeremiah 3:14
14 Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you:
and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring
you to Zion:
Jeremiah 3:15
15 And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed
you with knowledge and understanding.
Jeremiah 3:16
16 And it shall come to pass, when ye be multiplied and increased in the
land, in those days, saith the LORD, they shall say no more, The ark of the
covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they
remember  it; neither shall they visit  it; neither shall that be done  any
more.
Jeremiah 3:17
17 At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all
the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to
Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination  of their
evil  heart.
Jeremiah 3:18
18 In those days the house of Judah shall walk with the house of Israel,
and they shall come together out of the land of the north to the land that
I have given for an inheritance unto your fathers. Jeremiah 3:19
19 But I said, How shall I put thee among the children, and give thee a
pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the hosts of nations? and I said, Thou
shalt call me, My father;  and shalt not turn away  from me. Jeremiah 3:20
20 Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye
dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the LORD. Jeremiah
3:21
21 A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the
children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have
forgotten the LORD their God.
Jeremiah 3:22
22 Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings.
Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God. Jeremiah 3:23
23 Truly in vain is salvation hoped for from the hills, and from the
multitude of mountains: truly in the LORD our God is the salvation of
Israel.
Jeremiah 3:24
24 For shame hath devoured the labour of our fathers from our youth; their
flocks and their herds, their sons and their daughters. Jeremiah 3:25
25 We lie down in our shame, and our confusion covereth us: for we have
sinned against the LORD our God, we and our fathers, from our youth even
unto this day, and have not obeyed the voice of the LORD  our God. CHAPTER
4
Jeremiah 4:1
1 If thou wilt return, O Israel, saith the LORD, return unto me: and if
thou wilt put away thine abominations out of my sight, then shalt thou not
remove.
Jeremiah 4:2
2 And thou shalt swear, The LORD liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in
righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him
shall they glory.
Jeremiah 4:3
3 For thus saith the LORD to the men of Judah and Jerusalem, Break up your
fallow ground, and sow not among thorns. Jeremiah 4:4
4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and take away the foreskins of your
heart, ye men of Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem: lest my fury come
forth like fire, and burn  that none can quench  it, because  of the evil 
of your doings.
Jeremiah 4:5
5 Declare ye in Judah, and publish in Jerusalem; and say, Blow ye the
trumpet in the land: cry, gather together, and say, Assemble yourselves,
and let us go  into the defenced  cities. Jeremiah 4:6
6 Set up the standard toward Zion: retire, stay not: for I will bring evil
from the north, and a great destruction. Jeremiah 4:7
7 The lion is come up from his thicket, and the destroyer of the Gentiles
is on his way; he is gone forth from his place to make thy land desolate;
and thy cities shall be laid waste,  without an inhabitant. Jeremiah 4:8
8 For this gird you with sackcloth, lament and howl: for the fierce anger
of the LORD is not turned back from us. Jeremiah 4:9
9 And it shall come to pass at that day, saith the LORD, that the heart of
the king shall perish, and the heart of the princes; and the priests shall
be astonished, and the prophets shall wonder. Jeremiah 4:10
10 Then said I, Ah, Lord GOD! surely thou hast greatly deceived this people
and Jerusalem, saying, Ye shall have peace; whereas the sword reacheth 
unto the soul.
Jeremiah 4:11
11 At that time shall it be said to this people and to Jerusalem, A dry
wind of the high places in the wilderness toward the daughter of my people,
not to fan, nor to cleanse,
Jeremiah 4:12
12 Even a full wind from those places shall come unto me: now also will I
give sentence against them.
Jeremiah 4:13
13 Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a
whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are
spoiled.
Jeremiah 4:14
14 O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be
saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee? Jeremiah 4:15
15 For a voice declareth from Dan, and publisheth affliction from mount Ephraim.
Jeremiah 4:16
16 Make ye mention to the nations; behold, publish against Jerusalem, that
watchers come from a far country, and give out their voice against the
cities of Judah.
Jeremiah 4:17
17 As keepers of a field, are they against her round about; because she
hath been rebellious against me, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 4:18
18 Thy way and thy doings have procured these things unto thee; this is thy
wickedness, because it is bitter, because it reacheth unto thine heart.
Jeremiah 4:19
19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained at my very heart; my heart maketh a
noise in me; I cannot hold my peace, because thou hast heard, O my soul,
the sound of the trumpet, the alarm  of war. Jeremiah 4:20
20 Destruction upon destruction is cried; for the whole land is spoiled:
suddenly are my tents spoiled, and my curtains in a moment. Jeremiah 4:21
21 How long shall I see the standard, and hear the sound of the trumpet?
Jeremiah 4:22
22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish
children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but
to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 4:23
23 I beheld the earth, and, lo, it was without form, and void; and the
heavens, and they had no light.
Jeremiah 4:24
24 I beheld the mountains, and, lo, they trembled, and all the hills moved lightly.
Jeremiah 4:25
25 I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.
Jeremiah 4:26
26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all the
cities thereof were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his
fierce anger.
Jeremiah 4:27
27 For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will
I not make a full end.
Jeremiah 4:28
28 For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black: because
I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I
turn back from it.
Jeremiah 4:29
29 The whole city shall flee for the noise of the horsemen and bowmen; they
shall go into thickets, and climb up upon the rocks: every city shall be
forsaken, and not a man dwell  therein. Jeremiah 4:30
30 And when thou art spoiled, what wilt thou do? Though thou clothest
thyself with crimson, though thou deckest thee with ornaments of gold,
though thou rentest thy face with painting, in vain shalt thou make thyself
fair; thy lovers  will despise  thee, they will seek  thy life. Jeremiah
4:31
31 For I have heard a voice as of a woman in travail, and the anguish as of
her that bringeth forth her first child, the voice of the daughter of Zion,
that bewaileth herself, that spreadeth her hands, saying, Woe  is me now!
for my soul  is wearied  because of murderers. CHAPTER 5
Jeremiah 5:1
1 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. Jeremiah 5:2
2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. Jeremiah 5:3
3 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.
Jeremiah 5:4
4 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. Jeremiah 5:5
5 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. Jeremiah 5:6
6 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. Jeremiah
5:7
7 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.
Jeremiah 5:8
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his
neighbour's wife.
Jeremiah 5:9
9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul
be avenged on such a nation as this? Jeremiah 5:10
10 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. Jeremiah 5:11
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very
treacherously against me, saith the LORD. Jeremiah 5:12
12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil
come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: Jeremiah 5:13
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus
shall it be done unto them.
Jeremiah 5:14
14 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.
Jeremiah 5:15
15 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. Jeremiah
5:16
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. Jeremiah 5:17
17 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. Jeremiah 5:18
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
Jeremiah 5:19
19 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 yours. Jeremiah 5:20
20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, Jeremiah 5:21
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have
eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: Jeremiah 5:22
22 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?
Jeremiah 5:23
23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are
revolted and gone.
Jeremiah 5:24
24 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. Jeremiah 5:25
25 Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have
withholden good things from you.
Jeremiah 5:26
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that
setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. Jeremiah 5:27
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit:
therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. Jeremiah 5:28
28 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. Jeremiah 5:29
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be
avenged on such a nation as this?
Jeremiah 5:30
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; Jeremiah 5:31
31 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?


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