<h3>Not One Is Upright</h3>5 <poetry>“Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, <indent>look around and consider, </indent> <indent>search through her squares.</indent> If you can find but one person <indent>who deals honestly and seeks the truth,</indent> <indent>I will forgive this city.</indent> </poetry> 2 <poetry>Although they say, ‘As surely as the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> lives,’ <indent>still they are swearing falsely. ”</indent><poetry></poetry> 3 <poetry><smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, do not your eyes look for truth? <indent>You struck them, but they felt no pain;</indent> <indent>you crushed them, but they refused correction. </indent> They made their faces harder than stone <indent>and refused to repent. </indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>I thought, “These are only the poor; <indent>they are foolish, </indent> for they do not know the way of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the requirements of their God.</indent> </poetry> 5 <poetry>So I will go to the leaders <indent>and speak to them;</indent> surely they know the way of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the requirements of their God.”</indent> But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke <indent>and torn off the bonds. </indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>Therefore a lion from the forest will attack them, <indent>a wolf from the desert will ravage them,</indent> a leopard will lie in wait near their towns <indent>to tear to pieces any who venture out,</indent> for their rebellion is great <indent>and their backslidings many. </indent><poetry></poetry> 7 <poetry>“Why should I forgive you? <indent>Your children have forsaken me</indent> <indent>and sworn by gods that are not gods. </indent> I supplied all their needs, <indent>yet they committed adultery </indent> <indent>and thronged to the houses of prostitutes. </indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>They are well-fed, lusty stallions, <indent>each neighing for another man’s wife. </indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>Should I not punish them for this?” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent> “Should I not avenge myself <indent>on such a nation as this?</indent><poetry></poetry> 10 <poetry>“Go through her vineyards and ravage them, <indent>but do not destroy them completely. </indent> Strip off her branches, <indent>for these people do not belong to the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent> </poetry> 11 <poetry>The people of Israel and the people of Judah <indent>have been utterly unfaithful to me,”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.<poetry></poetry> 12 <poetry>They have lied about the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>; <indent>they said, “He will do nothing!</indent> No harm will come to us; <indent>we will never see sword or famine. </indent> </poetry> 13 <poetry>The prophets are but wind <indent>and the word is not in them;</indent> <indent>so let what they say be done to them.”</indent></poetry> 14 Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:<poetry>“Because the people have spoken these words, <indent>I will make my words in your mouth a fire </indent> <indent>and these people the wood it consumes. </indent> 15 <poetry>People of Israel,” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>“I am bringing a distant nation against you—</indent> an ancient and enduring nation, <indent>a people whose language you do not know,</indent> <indent>whose speech you do not understand.</indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>Their quivers are like an open grave; <indent>all of them are mighty warriors.</indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>They will devour your harvests and food, <indent>devour your sons and daughters;</indent> they will devour your flocks and herds, <indent>devour your vines and fig trees. </indent> With the sword they will destroy <indent>the fortified cities in which you trust. </indent></poetry> 18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy you completely. 19 And when the people ask, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.’<poetry> 20 <poetry>“Announce this to the descendants of Jacob <indent>and proclaim it in Judah:</indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry>Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, <indent>who have eyes but do not see,</indent> <indent>who have ears but do not hear: </indent> </poetry> 22 <poetry>Should you not fear me?” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. <indent>“Should you not tremble in my presence?</indent> I made the sand a boundary for the sea, <indent>an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.</indent> The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; <indent>they may roar, but they cannot cross it.</indent> </poetry> 23 <poetry>But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts; <indent>they have turned aside and gone away.</indent> </poetry> 24 <poetry>They do not say to themselves, <indent>‘Let us fear the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> our God,</indent> who gives autumn and spring rains in season, <indent>who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’ </indent> </poetry> 25 <poetry>Your wrongdoings have kept these away; <indent>your sins have deprived you of good. </indent><poetry></poetry> 26 <poetry>“Among my people are the wicked <indent>who lie in wait like men who snare birds</indent> <indent>and like those who set traps to catch people.</indent> </poetry> 27 <poetry>Like cages full of birds, <indent>their houses are full of deceit; </indent> they have become rich and powerful </poetry> 28 <poetry>    and have grown fat and sleek.</indent> Their evil deeds have no limit; <indent>they do not seek justice.</indent> They do not promote the case of the fatherless; <indent>they do not defend the just cause of the poor. </indent> </poetry> 29 <poetry>Should I not punish them for this?” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent> “Should I not avenge myself <indent>on such a nation as this?</indent><poetry></poetry> 30 <poetry>“A horrible and shocking thing <indent>has happened in the land:</indent> </poetry> 31 <poetry>The prophets prophesy lies, <indent>the priests rule by their own authority,</indent> and my people love it this way. <indent>But what will you do in the end? </indent></poetry>

Jeremiah 5:1

“Go up and down<cr>1</cr> the streets of Jerusalem, <indent>look around and consider,<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>search through her squares.</indent> If you can find but one person<cr>3</cr> <indent>who deals honestly<cr>4</cr> and seeks the truth,</indent> <indent>I will forgive<cr>5</cr> this city.</indent>

Although they say, ‘As surely as the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> lives,’<cr>1</cr> <indent>still they are swearing falsely.<cr>2</cr> ”</indent><pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 5:2

<smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, do not your eyes<cr>1</cr> look for truth? <indent>You struck<cr>2</cr> them, but they felt no pain;</indent> <indent>you crushed them, but they refused correction.<cr>3</cr> </indent> They made their faces harder than stone<cr>4</cr> <indent>and refused to repent.<cr>5</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:3

I thought, “These are only the poor; <indent>they are foolish,<cr>1</cr> </indent> for they do not know<cr>2</cr> the way of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the requirements of their God.</indent>

Jeremiah 5:4

So I will go to the leaders<cr>1</cr> <indent>and speak to them;</indent> surely they know the way of the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>the requirements of their God.”</indent> But with one accord they too had broken off the yoke <indent>and torn off the bonds.<cr>2</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:5

Therefore a lion from the forest<cr>1</cr> will attack them, <indent>a wolf from the desert will ravage<cr>2</cr> them,</indent> a leopard<cr>3</cr> will lie in wait near their towns <indent>to tear to pieces any who venture out,</indent> for their rebellion is great <indent>and their backslidings many.<cr>4</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 5:6

“Why should I forgive you? <indent>Your children have forsaken me</indent> <indent>and sworn<cr>1</cr> by gods that are not gods.<cr>2</cr> </indent> I supplied all their needs, <indent>yet they committed adultery<cr>3</cr> </indent> <indent>and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.<cr>4</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:7

They are well-fed, lusty stallions, <indent>each neighing for another man’s wife.<cr>1</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:8

Should I not punish them for this?”<cr>1</cr> <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent> “Should I not avenge<cr>2</cr> myself <indent>on such a nation as this?</indent><pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 5:9

“Go through her vineyards and ravage them, <indent>but do not destroy them completely.<cr>1</cr> </indent> Strip off her branches, <indent>for these people do not belong to the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent>

Jeremiah 5:10

The people of Israel and the people of Judah <indent>have been utterly unfaithful<cr>1</cr> to me,”</indent> declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.<pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 5:11

They have lied<cr>1</cr> about the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>; <indent>they said, “He will do nothing!</indent> No harm will come to us;<cr>2</cr> <indent>we will never see sword or famine.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:12

The prophets<cr>1</cr> are but wind<cr>2</cr> <indent>and the word is not in them;</indent> <indent>so let what they say be done to them.”</indent>

Jeremiah 5:13

Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says:<pb/><poetry>“Because the people have spoken these words, <indent>I will make my words in your mouth<cr>1</cr> a fire<cr>2</cr> </indent> <indent>and these people the wood it consumes.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:14

People of Israel,” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>, <indent>“I am bringing a distant nation<cr>1</cr> against you—</indent> an ancient and enduring nation, <indent>a people whose language<cr>2</cr> you do not know,</indent> <indent>whose speech you do not understand.</indent>

Jeremiah 5:15

Their quivers<cr>1</cr> are like an open grave; <indent>all of them are mighty warriors.</indent>

Jeremiah 5:16

They will devour<cr>1</cr> your harvests and food, <indent>devour<cr>2</cr> your sons and daughters;</indent> they will devour<cr>3</cr> your flocks and herds, <indent>devour your vines and fig trees.<cr>4</cr> </indent> With the sword<cr>5</cr> they will destroy <indent>the fortified cities<cr>6</cr> in which you trust.<cr>7</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:17

“Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy<cr>1</cr> you completely.

Jeremiah 5:18

And when the people ask,<cr>1</cr> ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods<cr>2</cr> in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners<cr>3</cr> in a land not your own.’<pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 5:19

“Announce this to the descendants of Jacob <indent>and proclaim<cr>1</cr> it in Judah:</indent>

Jeremiah 5:20

Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,<cr>1</cr> <indent>who have eyes<cr>2</cr> but do not see,</indent> <indent>who have ears but do not hear:<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:21

Should you not fear<cr>1</cr> me?” declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>. <indent>“Should you not tremble<cr>2</cr> in my presence?</indent> I made the sand a boundary for the sea,<cr>3</cr> <indent>an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.</indent> The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; <indent>they may roar,<cr>4</cr> but they cannot cross it.</indent>

Jeremiah 5:22

But these people have stubborn and rebellious<cr>1</cr> hearts; <indent>they have turned aside<cr>2</cr> and gone away.</indent>

Jeremiah 5:23

They do not say to themselves, <indent>‘Let us fear<cr>1</cr> the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap> our God,</indent> who gives autumn and spring rains<cr>2</cr> in season, <indent>who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:24

Your wrongdoings have kept these away; <indent>your sins have deprived you of good.<cr>1</cr> </indent><pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 5:25

“Among my people are the wicked<cr>1</cr> <indent>who lie in wait<cr>2</cr> like men who snare birds</indent> <indent>and like those who set traps<cr>3</cr> to catch people.</indent>

Jeremiah 5:26

Like cages full of birds, <indent>their houses are full of deceit;<cr>1</cr> </indent> they have become rich<cr>2</cr> and powerful

Jeremiah 5:27

and have grown fat<cr>1</cr> and sleek.</indent> Their evil deeds have no limit; <indent>they do not seek justice.</indent> They do not promote the case of the fatherless;<cr>2</cr> <indent>they do not defend the just cause of the poor.<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:28

Should I not punish them for this?” <indent>declares the <smallCap>Lord</smallCap>.</indent> “Should I not avenge<cr>1</cr> myself <indent>on such a nation as this?</indent><pb/><poetry>

Jeremiah 5:29

“A horrible<cr>1</cr> and shocking thing <indent>has happened in the land:</indent>

Jeremiah 5:30

The prophets prophesy lies,<cr>1</cr> <indent>the priests<cr>2</cr> rule by their own authority,</indent> and my people love it this way. <indent>But what will you do in the end?<cr>3</cr> </indent>

Jeremiah 5:31

 1 “Go up and down   the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider,   search through her squares. If you can find but one person   who deals honestly   and seeks the truth, I will forgive   this city.  2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’   still they are swearing falsely.  ”  3 Lord, do not your eyes   look for truth? You struck   them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction.   They made their faces harder than stone   and refused to repent.    4 I thought, “These are only the poor; they are foolish,   for they do not know   the way of the Lord, the requirements of their God.  5 So I will go to the leaders   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.    6 Therefore a lion from the forest   will attack them, a wolf from the desert will ravage   them, a leopard   will lie in wait near their towns to tear to pieces any who venture out, for their rebellion is great and their backslidings many.    7 “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn   by gods that are not gods.   I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery   and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.    8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for another man’s wife.    9 Should I not punish them for this?”   declares the Lord. “Should I not avenge   myself on such a nation as this?  10 “Go through her vineyards and ravage them, but do not destroy them completely.   Strip off her branches, for these people do not belong to the Lord.  11 The people of Israel and the people of Judah have been utterly unfaithful   to me,” declares the Lord.  12 They have lied   about the Lord; they said, “He will do nothing! No harm will come to us;   we will never see sword or famine.    13 The prophets   are but wind   and the word is not in them; so let what they say be done to them.” 14 Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty says: “Because the people have spoken these words, I will make my words in your mouth   a fire   and these people the wood it consumes.    15 People of Israel,” declares the Lord, “I am bringing a distant nation   against you— an ancient and enduring nation, a people whose language   you do not know, whose speech you do not understand.  16 Their quivers   are like an open grave; all of them are mighty warriors.  17 They will devour   your harvests and food, devour   your sons and daughters; they will devour   your flocks and herds, devour your vines and fig trees.   With the sword   they will destroy the fortified cities   in which you trust.   18 “Yet even in those days,” declares the Lord, “I will not destroy   you completely. 19 And when the people ask,   ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods   in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners   in a land not your own.’  20 “Announce this to the descendants of Jacob and proclaim   it in Judah:  21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,   who have eyes   but do not see, who have ears but do not hear:    22 Should you not fear   me?” declares the Lord. “Should you not tremble   in my presence? I made the sand a boundary for the sea,   an everlasting barrier it cannot cross. The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail; they may roar,   but they cannot cross it.  23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious   hearts; they have turned aside   and gone away.  24 They do not say to themselves, ‘Let us fear   the Lord our God, who gives autumn and spring rains   in season, who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.’    25 Your wrongdoings have kept these away; your sins have deprived you of good.    26 “Among my people are the wicked   who lie in wait   like men who snare birds and like those who set traps   to catch people.  27 Like cages full of birds, their houses are full of deceit;   they have become rich   and powerful  28     and have grown fat   and sleek. Their evil deeds have no limit; they do not seek justice. They do not promote the case of the fatherless;   they do not defend the just cause of the poor.    29 Should I not punish them for this?” declares the Lord. “Should I not avenge   myself on such a nation as this?  30 “A horrible   and shocking thing has happened in the land:  31 The prophets prophesy lies,   the priests   rule by their own authority, and my people love it this way. But what will you do in the end?  

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