Jeremiah 5:3-6
Christian Standard Bible
3 Lord, don’t your eyes look for faithfulness?(A)
You have struck them, but they felt no pain.(B)
You finished them off,
but they refused to accept discipline.(C)
They made their faces harder than rock,(D)
and they refused to return.(E)
4 Then I thought:
They are just the poor;
they have been foolish.
For they don’t understand the way of the Lord,(F)
the justice of their God.(G)
5 I will go to the powerful
and speak to them.
Surely they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.(H)
However, these also had broken the yoke
and torn off the chains.(I)
6 Therefore, a lion from the forest will strike them down.(J)
A wolf from arid plains will ravage them.
A leopard(K) stalks their cities.
Anyone who leaves them will be torn to pieces
because their rebellious acts are many,(L)
their unfaithful deeds numerous.(M)
Jeremiah 5:3-6
English Standard Version
3 O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth?
(A)You have struck them down,
but they felt no anguish;
you have consumed them,
but they refused to take correction.
(B)They have made their faces harder than rock;
they have refused to repent.
4 Then I said, “These are only the poor;
they have no sense;
(C)for they do not know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.
5 I will go to the great
and will speak to them,
for they know the way of the Lord,
the justice of their God.”
(D)But they all alike had broken the yoke;
they had burst the bonds.
6 Therefore (E)a lion from the forest shall strike them down;
a (F)wolf from the desert shall devastate them.
(G)A leopard is watching their cities;
everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
their (H)apostasies are great.
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