Jeremiah 5:3-6

New International Version

³Lord, do not your eyes^(A) look for truth?
    You struck^(B) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.^(C)
They made their faces harder than stone^(D)
    and refused to repent.^(E)
⁴I thought, “These are only the poor;
    they are foolish,^(F)
for they do not know^(G) the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.
⁵So I will go to the leaders^(H)
    and speak to them;
surely they know the way of the Lord,
    the requirements of their God.”
But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke
    and torn off the bonds.^(I)
⁶Therefore a lion from the forest^(J) will attack them,
    a wolf from the desert will ravage^(K) them,
a leopard^(L) will lie in wait near their towns
    to tear to pieces any who venture out,
for their rebellion is great
    and their backslidings many.^(M)

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Jeremiah 5:3-6

New American Standard Bible

³Lord, do ^(A)Your eyes not look for honesty?
You have ^(B)struck them,
But they did not ^[a]weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they ^(C)refused to accept discipline.
They have ^(D)made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

⁴Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they ^(E)do not know the way of the Lord
Or the judgment of their God.
⁵I will go to the great
And speak to them,
For ^(F)they know the way of the Lord
And the judgment of their God.”
But together they too have ^(G)broken the yoke
And burst the restraints.
⁶Therefore ^(H)a lion from the forest will kill them,
A ^(I)wolf of the deserts will destroy them,
A ^(J)leopard is watching their cities.
Everyone who goes out of them will be torn in pieces,
Because their ^(K)wrongdoings are many,
Their apostasies are numerous.