Jeremiah 5:5

3 O Lord, are not ^aYour eyes on the truth?
You have ^bstricken them,
But they have not grieved;
You have consumed them,
But ^cthey have refused to receive correction.
They have made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to return.

4 Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor.
They are foolish;
For ^athey do not know the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.

5 I will go to the great men and speak to them,
For ^athey have known the way of the Lord,
The judgment of their God.”
But these have altogether ^bbroken the yoke
And burst the bonds.

6 Therefore ^aa lion from the forest shall slay them,
^bA wolf of the deserts shall destroy them;
^cA leopard will watch over their cities.
Everyone who goes out from there shall be torn in pieces,
Because their transgressions are many;
Their backslidings have increased.

7 “How shall I pardon you for this?
Your children have forsaken Me
And ^asworn by those ^bthat are not gods.
^cWhen I had fed them to the full,
Then they committed adultery
And assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

8 ^aThey were like well-fed lusty stallions;
Every one neighed after his neighbor’s wife.

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How discouraging this must have been for Jeremiah! God gave this nation an awesome promise: "I won't allow you to be invaded. Your culture and civilization will continue. Your young men will not be killed in warfare. I will rescue you and give you peace. I will give you all of this—if you can just find one person who is seeking truth." Judah, at this time, is a nation of corrupt leadership and apathetic people. It is an appalling, horrible picture.

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