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Jeremiah 5:1 (ERVEN) Easy to Read - English

1 The Lord says, "Walk the streets of Jerusalem. Look around and think about these things. Search the public squares of the city. See if you can find one good person, one who does honest things and who searches for the truth. If you find one good person, I will forgive Jerusalem.
2 The people make promises and say, 'As the Lord lives.' But they don't really mean it!"
3 Lord, I know that you want people to be loyal to you. You hit the people of Judah, but they did not feel any pain. You destroyed them, but they refused to learn their lesson. They became very stubborn. They refused to be sorry for the bad things they did.
4 But I said to myself, "It must be only the poor who are so foolish. They have not learned the way of the Lord. They don't know the teachings of their God.
5 So I will go to the leaders of Judah. I will talk to them. Surely the leaders know the way of the Lord. Surely they know the law of their God." But the leaders had all joined together to break away from serving the Lord.
6 They turned against God, so a lion from the forest will attack them. A wolf from the desert will kill them. A leopard is hiding near their cities. It will tear to pieces anyone who comes out of the city. That's because the people of Judah have sinned again and again. They have wandered away from the Lord many times.
7 The Lord said, "Judah, give me one good reason why I should forgive you. Your children have abandoned me. They made promises to idols that are not really gods! I gave your children everything they needed, but they were still unfaithful to me! They spent their time with prostitutes.
8 They are like horses that have had plenty to eat and are ready to mate. They are like a horse that is calling its neighbor's wife.
9 Should I punish the people of Judah for doing these things?" This message is from the Lord. "You know I should punish a nation such as this. I should give it the punishment it deserves.
10 "Go along the rows of Judah's grapevines. Cut down the vines, but don't completely destroy them. Cut off all their branches, because they don't belong to the Lord.
11 The family of Israel and the family of Judah have been unfaithful to me in every way." This message is from the Lord.
12 "Those people lied about the Lord. They said, 'He will not do anything to us. Nothing bad will happen to us. We will never see an army attack us. We will never starve.'
13 The prophets are only empty wind. The word of God is not in them. Bad things will happen to them."
14 The Lord God All-Powerful said these things: "The people said I would not punish them. So Jeremiah, the words I give you will be like fire, and these people will be like wood. That fire will burn them up completely.
15 Family of Israel, this message is from the Lord, "I will soon bring a nation from far away to attack you. It is an old nation; it is an ancient nation. The people of that nation speak a language that you do not know. You cannot understand what they say.
16 Their arrow bags are like open graves. All their men are strong soldiers.
17 They will eat all the crops that you gathered. They will eat all your food. They will eat (destroy) your sons and daughters. They will eat your flocks and your herds. They will eat your grapes and your figs. They will destroy your strong cities with their swords. They will destroy the strong cities that you trust in.
18 This message is from the Lord: "But, Judah, when these terrible days come, I will not fully destroy you.
19 The people of Judah will ask you, 'Jeremiah, why has the Lord our God done this bad thing to us?' Give them this answer: 'You people of Judah have left the Lord, and you have served foreign idols in your own land. You did those things, so now you will serve foreigners in a land that does not belong to you.'
20 "Tell this message to the family of Jacob, and tell it in the nation of Judah.
21 Hear this message, you foolish people who have no sense. You have eyes, but you don't see! You have ears, but you don't listen!
22 Surely you are afraid of me." This message is from the Lord. "You should shake with fear in front of me. I am the one who made the sandy shores to hold back the sea. I made it that way to keep the water in its place forever. The waves may pound the beach, but they will not destroy it. The waves may roar as they come in, but they cannot go beyond the beach.
23 But the people of Judah are stubborn. They are always planning ways to turn against me. They turned away from me and left me.
24 The people of Judah never say to themselves, 'Let's fear and respect the Lord our God. He gives us autumn and spring rains at just the right time. He makes sure that we have the harvest at just the right time.'
25 People of Judah, you have done wrong. So the rains and the harvest have not come. Your sins have kept you from enjoying the good things from the Lord.
26 There are evil men among my people. They are like men who make nets for catching birds. They set their traps, but they catch people instead of birds.
27 Their houses are full of lies, like a cage full of birds. Their lies made them rich and powerful.
28 They have grown big and fat {from the evil they have done}. There is no end to the evil they do. They will not plead the case of children who have no parents. They will not help these orphans. They will not let the poor be judged fairly.
29 Should I punish the people of Judah for doing these things?" This message is from the Lord. "You know I should punish a nation such as this. I should give it the punishment it deserves.
30 "A terrible and shocking thing has happened in the land of Judah.
31 The prophets tell lies. The priests will not do what they were chosen to do, and my people love it this way! But what will you people do when your punishment comes?
1 Run ye to and fro H7751 through the streets H2351 of Jerusalem H3389 , and see H7200 now H4994 IJEC , and know H3045 , and seek H1245 in the broad places H7339 thereof , if H518 PART ye can find H4672 a man H376 NMS , if H518 PART there be H3426 PART any that executeth H6213 VQPMS judgment H4941 NMS , that seeketh H1245 the truth H530 ; and I will pardon H5545 it .
2 And though H518 W-PART they say H559 , The LORD H3068 NAME-4MS liveth H2416 AMS ; surely H3651 L-ADV they swear H7650 falsely H8267 .
3 O LORD H3068 NAME-4MS , are not H3808 D-NPAR thine eyes H5869 CMD-2MS upon the truth H530 ? thou hast stricken H5221 them , but they have not H3808 W-NPAR grieved H2342 ; thou hast consumed H3615 them , but they have refused H3985 to receive H3947 correction H4148 : they have made their faces H6440 harder H2388 than a rock H5553 ; they have refused H3985 to return H7725 .
4 Therefore I H589 W-PPRO-1MS said H559 VQQ1MS , Surely H389 ADV these H1992 PPRO-3MP are poor H1800 JMP ; they are foolish H2973 : for H3588 CONJ they know H3045 VQQ3MP not H3808 NADV the way H1870 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS , nor the judgment H4941 CMS of their God H430 .
5 I will get H1980 me unto H413 PREP the great men H1419 D-AMP , and will speak unto H1696 W-VPI1MS them ; for H3588 CONJ they H1992 PPRO-3MP have known H3045 VQQ3MP the way H1870 NMS of the LORD H3068 EDS , and the judgment H4941 CMS of their God H430 : but H389 ADV these H1992 PPRO-3MP have altogether H3162 ADV-3MS broken H7665 the yoke H5923 , and burst H5423 VNQ3MP the bonds H4147 .
6 Wherefore H5921 PREP a lion H738 NMS out of the forest H3293 shall slay H5221 them , and a wolf H2061 of the evenings H6160 shall spoil H7703 them , a leopard H5246 shall watch H8245 over H5921 PREP their cities H5892 : every one H3605 NMS that goeth out H3318 thence H2007 shall be torn in pieces H2963 : because H3588 CONJ their transgressions H6588 are many H7231 , and their backslidings H4878 are increased H6105 .
7 How H335 IPRO shall I pardon H5545 thee for this H2063 ? thy children H1121 have forsaken H5800 me , and sworn H7650 by them that are no H3808 B-NPAR gods H430 EDP : when I had fed them to the full H7646 , they then committed adultery H5003 , and assembled themselves H1413 by troops in the harlots H2181 houses H1004 W-NMS .
8 They were H1961 VQQ3MP as fed H2109 horses H5483 in the morning H7904 : every one H376 NMS neighed H6670 after H413 PREP his neighbor H7453 NMS-3MS \'s wife H802 CFS .
9 Shall I not H3808 ADV visit H6485 for H5921 these H428 PMP things ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS : and H518 W-PART shall not H3808 NADV my soul H5315 CFS-1MS be avenged H5358 on such H834 RPRO a nation H1471 as this H2088 ?
10 Go ye up H5927 upon her walls H8284 , and destroy H7843 ; but make H6213 not H408 ADV a full end H3617 : take away H5493 her battlements H5189 ; for H3588 CONJ they H1992 are not H3808 the LORD H3068 L-EDS \'s .
11 For H3588 CONJ the house H1004 W-NMS of Israel H3478 and the house H1004 W-NMS of Judah H3063 have dealt very treacherously H898 VQQ3MP against me , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS .
12 They have belied H3584 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 W-VQY3MP , It is not H3808 NADV he H1931 PPRO-3MS ; neither H3808 W-NADV shall evil H7451 AFS come H935 VQY3FS upon H5921 PREP-1MP us ; neither H3808 ADV shall we see H7200 sword H2719 nor famine H7458 :
13 And the prophets H5030 shall become H1961 wind H7307 L-CMS , and the word H1699 is not H369 NPAR in them : thus H3541 shall it be done H6213 unto them .
14 Wherefore H3651 L-ADV thus H3541 saith H559 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 EDS God H430 CDP of hosts H6635 , Because H3282 ADV ye speak H1696 this H2088 D-PMS word H1697 D-NMS , behold H2009 , I will make H5414 VQPMS my words H1697 CMP-1MS in thy mouth H6310 fire H784 , and this H2088 D-PMS people H5971 wood H6086 , and it shall devour H398 them .
15 Lo H2009 , I will bring H935 VHPMS a nation H1471 NMS upon H5921 PREP-2MP you from far H4801 , O house H1004 CMS of Israel H3478 , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS : it H1931 PPRO-3MS is a mighty H386 nation H1471 NMS , it H1931 PPRO-3MS is an ancient H5769 M-NMS nation H1471 NMS , a nation H1471 NMS whose language H3956 thou knowest H3045 VQY2MS not H3808 NADV , neither H3808 W-NADV understandest H8085 what H4100 IPRO they say H1696 .
16 Their quiver H827 is as an open H6605 sepulcher H6913 , they are all H3605 CMS-3MP mighty men H1368 .
17 And they shall eat up H398 W-VQQ3MS thine harvest H7105 , and thy bread H3899 , which thy sons H1121 CMP-2MS and thy daughters H1323 W-CFP-2MS should eat H398 : they shall eat up H398 VQY3MS thy flocks H6629 and thine herds H1241 : they shall eat up H398 VQY3MS thy vines H1612 and thy fig trees H8384 : they shall impoverish H7567 thy fenced H4013 cities H5892 , wherein H834 RPRO thou H859 PPRO-2MS trustedst H982 , with the sword H2719 .
18 Nevertheless H1571 W-CONJ in those H1992 days H3117 BD-NMP , saith H5002 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS , I will not H3808 ADV make H6213 a full end H3617 with H854 PART-2MP you .
19 And it shall come to pass H1961 W-VQQ3MS , when H3588 CONJ ye shall say H559 VQY2MP , Wherefore H8478 NMS doeth H6213 VQQ3MS the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS our God H430 all H3605 NMS these H428 PMP things unto us ? then shalt thou answer H559 them , Like H834 K-RPRO as ye have forsaken H5800 me , and served H5647 strange H5236 gods H430 CDP in your land H776 , so H3651 ADV shall ye serve H5647 strangers H2114 in a land H776 B-GFS that is not H3808 NADV yours .
20 Declare H5046 this H2063 DPRO in the house H1004 B-CMS of Jacob H3290 , and publish H8085 it in Judah H3063 , saying H559 L-VQFC ,
21 Hear H8085 VQI2MP now H4994 IJEC this H2063 DPRO , O foolish H5530 people H5971 NMS , and without H369 W-NPAR understanding H3820 NMS ; which have eyes H5869 NMD , and see H7200 VQY3MP not H3808 W-NPAR ; which have ears H241 , and hear H8085 not H3808 W-NPAR :
22 Fear H3372 ye not H3808 NADV me ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS : will ye not H3808 NADV tremble H2342 at my presence H6440 M-CMP-1MS , which H834 RPRO have placed H7760 VQQ1MS the sand H2344 for the bound H1366 CMS of the sea H3220 by a perpetual H5769 NMS decree H2706 , that it cannot H3808 W-NADV pass H5674 it : and though the waves H1530 thereof toss themselves H1607 , yet can they not H3808 W-NADV prevail H3201 ; though they roar H1993 , yet can they not H3808 W-NADV pass over H5674 it ?
23 But this H2088 D-PMS people H5971 hath H1961 VQQ3MS a revolting H5637 and a rebellious H4784 heart H3820 NMS ; they are revolted H5493 VQQ3MP and gone H1980 W-VQY3MP .
24 Neither H3808 W-NPAR say H559 VQQ3MP they in their heart H3824 , Let us now H4994 IJEC fear H3372 the LORD H3068 EDS our God H430 , that giveth H5414 D-VQPMS rain H1653 , both the former H3138 and the latter H4456 , in his season H6256 B-CFS-3MS : he reserveth H8104 unto us the appointed H2708 CFP weeks H7620 of the harvest H7105 NMS .
25 Your iniquities H5771 have turned away H5186 VHQ3MP these H428 PMP things , and your sins H2403 have withheld H4513 good H2896 D-NMS things from H4480 PREP-2MP you .
26 For H3588 CONJ among my people H5971 are found H4672 wicked H7563 AMP men : they lay wait H7789 , as he that setteth H7918 snares H3353 ; they set H5324 a trap H4889 , they catch H3920 men H376 .
27 As a cage H3619 is full H4392 of birds H5775 NMS , so H3651 ADV are their houses H1004 CMP-3MP full H4392 of deceit H4820 NFS : therefore H3651 ADV they are become great H1431 , and waxen rich H6238 .
28 They are waxen fat H8080 , they shine H6245 : yea H1571 CONJ , they overpass H5674 the deeds H1697 of the wicked H7451 AMS : they judge H1777 not H3808 NADV the cause H1779 NMS , the cause H1779 NMS of the fatherless H3490 NMS , yet they prosper H6743 ; and the right H4941 W-CMS of the needy H34 NMP do they not H3808 NADV judge H8199 .
29 Shall I not H3808 ADV visit H6485 for H5921 these H428 PMP things ? saith H5002 the LORD H3068 NAME-4MS : shall not H3808 NADV my soul H5315 CFS-1MS be avenged H5358 on such H834 RPRO a nation H1471 as this H2088 ?
30 A wonderful H8047 and horrible thing H8186 is committed H1961 in the land H776 B-GFS ;
31 The prophets H5030 prophesy H5012 falsely H8267 , and the priests H3548 bear rule H7287 by H5921 PREP their means H3027 CFD-3MP ; and my people H5971 love H157 to have it so H3651 ADV : and what H4100 will ye do H6213 in the end H319 thereof ?
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