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Jeremiah Chapter 5

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Jeremiah

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Jeremiah delivers a message of judgment and repentance to the people of Judah, warning them that their sins have brought divine punishment and that they must seek forgiveness. The chapter emphasizes the seriousness of their iniquity and the need for a change of heart.

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(1) Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.
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II Chronicles 16:9Daniel 12:4Joel 2:9Amos 8:12Zechariah 2:4Proverbs 8:3Song of Solomon 3:2Luke 14:21I Kings 19:10Proverbs 20:6Ezekiel 22:30Genesis 18:23

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Amos 8:12Zephaniah 2:3Ecclesiastes 8:17Joel 2:9Zechariah 6:7Zechariah 8:16

(2) And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.
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Jeremiah 4:2Jeremiah 7:9Leviticus 19:12Isaiah 48:1Hosea 4:1Hosea 4:2Hosea 4:15Hosea 10:4Zechariah 5:3Zechariah 5:4Malachi 3:5I Timothy 1:10

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I Samuel 14:39II Samuel 15:21Jeremiah 44:25Jeremiah 12:16Hosea 4:15Amos 8:14

(3) O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
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Jeremiah 32:19II Chronicles 16:9Psalms 11:4Psalms 11:5Psalms 11:6Psalms 11:7Psalms 51:6Proverbs 22:12Romans 2:2Jeremiah 2:30Jeremiah 7:28II Chronicles 28:22

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Song of Solomon 6:13Hosea 11:5Nehemiah 9:17Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55

(4) Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.
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Jeremiah 4:22Jeremiah 7:8Jeremiah 8:7Isaiah 27:11Isaiah 28:9Isaiah 28:10Isaiah 28:11Isaiah 28:12Isaiah 28:13Hosea 4:6Matthew 11:5John 7:48

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Jeremiah 44:25

(5) I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
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Amos 4:1Micah 3:1Malachi 2:7Jeremiah 6:13Psalms 2:2Psalms 2:3Ezekiel 22:6Ezekiel 22:7Ezekiel 22:8Ezekiel 22:25Ezekiel 22:26Ezekiel 22:27

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Ecclesiastes 12:6Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 2:20Jeremiah 30:8Nahum 1:13

(6) Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased.
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Jeremiah 2:15Jeremiah 4:7Jeremiah 25:38Jeremiah 49:19Ezekiel 14:16Ezekiel 14:17Ezekiel 14:18Ezekiel 14:19Ezekiel 14:20Ezekiel 14:21Daniel 7:4Hosea 5:14

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Micah 5:8I Kings 20:36Exodus 22:13Isaiah 8:9Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(7) How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.
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Jeremiah 3:19Hosea 11:8Matthew 23:37Matthew 23:38Jeremiah 12:16Joshua 23:7Hosea 4:15Amos 8:14Zephaniah 1:5Jeremiah 2:11Deuteronomy 32:21I Corinthians 8:4

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Judges 10:6Jeremiah 19:13Ezekiel 23:37Jeremiah 16:11Exodus 8:21Deuteronomy 6:11

(8) They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.
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Jeremiah 13:27Genesis 39:9Exodus 20:14Exodus 20:17Deuteronomy 5:18Deuteronomy 5:21II Samuel 11:2II Samuel 11:3II Samuel 11:4Job 31:9Matthew 5:27Matthew 5:28

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Exodus 20:17Deuteronomy 5:21

(9) Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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Jeremiah 5:29Jeremiah 9:9Jeremiah 23:2Lamentations 4:22Hosea 2:13Hosea 8:13Jeremiah 44:22Leviticus 26:25Deuteronomy 32:35Deuteronomy 32:43Isaiah 1:24Ezekiel 5:13

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Jeremiah 5:15Jeremiah 5:29Jeremiah 9:9

(10) Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S.
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Jeremiah 6:4Jeremiah 6:5Jeremiah 6:6Jeremiah 25:9Jeremiah 39:8Jeremiah 51:20Jeremiah 51:21Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23II Kings 24:2II Kings 24:3II Kings 24:4

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Isaiah 2:7Jeremiah 30:11Jeremiah 46:28II Chronicles 20:23Daniel 9:26

(11) For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.
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Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 3:7Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 3:9Jeremiah 3:10Jeremiah 3:11Jeremiah 3:20Isaiah 48:8Hosea 5:7Hosea 6:7

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Isaiah 33:1Isaiah 24:16Jeremiah 3:20

(12) They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
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Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 4:10Jeremiah 14:13Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 23:14Jeremiah 23:15Jeremiah 23:16Jeremiah 23:17Jeremiah 28:15Jeremiah 28:16Jeremiah 28:17Jeremiah 43:2

(13) And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.
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Jeremiah 14:13Jeremiah 14:15Jeremiah 18:18Jeremiah 20:8Jeremiah 20:9Jeremiah 20:10Jeremiah 20:11Jeremiah 28:3Job 6:26Job 8:2Hosea 9:7

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Hosea 13:15I Kings 19:11

(14) Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.
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Jeremiah 1:9Jeremiah 23:29Jeremiah 28:15Jeremiah 28:16Jeremiah 28:17II Kings 1:10II Kings 1:11II Kings 1:12II Kings 1:13II Kings 1:14Hosea 6:5Zechariah 1:6

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I Kings 18:33Jeremiah 46:10Zechariah 1:3

(15) Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
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Jeremiah 1:15Jeremiah 4:16Jeremiah 6:22Jeremiah 25:9Deuteronomy 28:49Isaiah 5:26Isaiah 29:3Isaiah 29:6Jeremiah 5:11Jeremiah 2:26Jeremiah 9:26Isaiah 5:7

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Deuteronomy 28:49Isaiah 18:2Deuteronomy 4:34Isaiah 26:15I Kings 18:10II Kings 17:29

(16) Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.
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Psalms 5:9Isaiah 5:28Romans 3:13

(17) And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.
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Leviticus 26:16Deuteronomy 28:30Deuteronomy 28:31Deuteronomy 28:33Judges 6:3Judges 6:4Isaiah 62:9Isaiah 65:22Habakkuk 3:17Habakkuk 3:18Jeremiah 1:15Jeremiah 4:7

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Psalms 105:33Deuteronomy 28:52Leviticus 23:40Deuteronomy 8:8II Chronicles 2:8Hosea 2:12

(18) Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you.
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Jeremiah 5:10Jeremiah 4:27Ezekiel 9:8Ezekiel 11:13Romans 11:1Romans 11:2Romans 11:3Romans 11:4Romans 11:5

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Isaiah 2:7Jeremiah 30:11Jeremiah 46:28

(19) And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.
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Jeremiah 2:35Jeremiah 13:22Jeremiah 16:10Jeremiah 22:8Jeremiah 22:9Deuteronomy 29:24Deuteronomy 29:25Deuteronomy 29:26Deuteronomy 29:27Deuteronomy 29:28I Kings 9:8I Kings 9:9

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Judges 10:6Joshua 24:15Joshua 24:14Jeremiah 16:11Jeremiah 22:9Deuteronomy 12:30

(20) Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
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Jeremiah 46:14Jeremiah 50:2

(21) Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
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Jeremiah 5:4Jeremiah 4:22Jeremiah 8:7Jeremiah 10:8Deuteronomy 29:4Deuteronomy 32:6Psalms 94:8Isaiah 6:9Isaiah 6:10Isaiah 27:11Isaiah 44:18Ezekiel 12:2

(22) Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?
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Jeremiah 10:7Deuteronomy 28:58Psalms 119:120Matthew 10:28Luke 12:5Revelation 15:4Psalms 99:1Isaiah 66:5Daniel 6:26Job 26:10Job 38:10Job 38:11

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Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8Ecclesiastes 8:17Psalms 46:3Joshua 17:18

(23) But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
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Jeremiah 5:5Jeremiah 6:28Jeremiah 17:9Psalms 95:10Isaiah 1:5Isaiah 31:6Hosea 4:8Hosea 11:7Hebrews 3:12

(24) Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the LORD our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.
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Jeremiah 5:22Jeremiah 50:5Isaiah 64:7Hosea 3:5Hosea 6:1Jeremiah 14:22Deuteronomy 11:13Deuteronomy 11:14Deuteronomy 28:12I Kings 17:1Job 5:10Job 36:27

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Joel 2:23Deuteronomy 11:14Hosea 6:3Amos 4:7Zechariah 10:1Job 29:23

(25) Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.
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Jeremiah 2:17Jeremiah 2:18Jeremiah 2:19Jeremiah 3:3Deuteronomy 28:23Deuteronomy 28:24Psalms 107:17Psalms 107:34Isaiah 59:2Lamentations 3:39Lamentations 4:22

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Daniel 9:16

(26) For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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Jeremiah 4:22Isaiah 58:1Ezekiel 22:2Ezekiel 22:3Ezekiel 22:4Ezekiel 22:5Ezekiel 22:6Ezekiel 22:7Ezekiel 22:8Ezekiel 22:9Ezekiel 22:10Ezekiel 22:11

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Psalms 10:9

(27) As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
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Revelation 18:2Proverbs 1:11Proverbs 1:12Proverbs 1:13Hosea 12:7Hosea 12:8Amos 8:4Amos 8:5Amos 8:6Micah 1:12Micah 6:10Micah 6:11

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Deuteronomy 6:11Lamentations 1:1Exodus 8:21Leviticus 16:12Isaiah 2:7Jeremiah 6:11

(28) They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.
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Deuteronomy 32:15Job 15:27Job 15:28Job 21:23Job 21:24Psalms 73:6Psalms 73:7Psalms 73:12Psalms 119:70Amos 4:1James 5:4James 5:5

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Exodus 18:22Judges 2:18Judges 11:27I Samuel 2:25I Samuel 24:15I Kings 3:9

(29) Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
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Jeremiah 5:9Jeremiah 9:9Malachi 3:5James 5:4

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Jeremiah 5:15Jeremiah 5:9Jeremiah 9:9

(30) A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;
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Jeremiah 2:12Jeremiah 23:14Isaiah 1:2Hosea 6:10

(31) The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
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Jeremiah 14:14Jeremiah 23:25Jeremiah 23:26Lamentations 2:14Ezekiel 13:6Micah 3:11Matthew 7:15Matthew 7:16Matthew 7:17II Corinthians 11:13II Corinthians 11:14II Corinthians 11:15

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Luke 6:32Ezekiel 13:2Judges 8:23II Samuel 18:20Hosea 3:1I John 2:15

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