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         <div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">&#8220;Go through her vineyards and ravage them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.5.10"><span class="content">but do not destroy them completely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.5.10"><span class="content">Strip off her branches,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.5.10"><span class="content">for these people do not belong to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="JER.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">The people of Israel and the people of Judah</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.5.11"><span class="content">have been utterly unfaithful to me,&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.5.11"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="JER.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">They have lied about the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.5.12"><span class="content">they said, &#8220;He will do nothing!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.5.12"><span class="content">No harm will come to us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.5.12"><span class="content">we will never see sword or famine.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="JER.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">The prophets are but wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.5.13"><span class="content">and the word is not in them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.5.13"><span class="content">so let what they say be done to them.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="JER.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Therefore this is what the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> God Almighty says:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.5.14"><span class="content">&#8220;Because the people have spoken these words,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.5.14"><span class="content">I will make my words in your mouth a fire</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.5.14"><span class="content">and these people the wood it consumes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="JER.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">People of Israel,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.5.15"><span class="content">&#8220;I am bringing a distant nation against you&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.5.15"><span class="content">an ancient and enduring nation,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.5.15"><span class="content">a people whose language you do not know,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.5.15"><span class="content">whose speech you do not understand.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="JER.5.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.5.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Their quivers are like an open grave;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.5.16"><span class="content">all of them are mighty warriors.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="JER.5.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.5.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">They will devour your harvests and food,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.5.17"><span class="content">devour your sons and daughters;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.5.17"><span class="content">they will devour your flocks and herds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.5.17"><span class="content">devour your vines and fig trees.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.5.17"><span class="content">With the sword they will destroy</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.5.17"><span class="content">the fortified cities in which you trust.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="JER.5.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="JER.5.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">&#8220;Yet even in those days,&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, &#8220;I will not destroy you completely. </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.5.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">And when the people ask, &#8216;Why has the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God done all this to us?&#8217; you will tell them, &#8216;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.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="JER.5.19"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.5.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="content">&#8220;Announce this to the descendants of Jacob</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.5.20"><span class="content">and proclaim it in Judah:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="JER.5.20"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.5.21"><span class="label">21</span><span class="content">Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.5.21"><span class="content">who have eyes but do not see,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.5.21"><span class="content">who have ears but do not hear:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v21" data-usfm="JER.5.21"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.5.22"><span class="label">22</span><span class="content">Should you not fear me?&#8221; declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.5.22"><span class="content">&#8220;Should you not tremble in my presence?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.5.22"><span class="content">I made the sand a boundary for the sea,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.5.22"><span class="content">an everlasting barrier it cannot cross.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.5.22"><span class="content">The waves may roll, but they cannot prevail;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.5.22"><span class="content">they may roar, but they cannot cross it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v22" data-usfm="JER.5.22"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.5.23"><span class="label">23</span><span class="content">But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.5.23"><span class="content">they have turned aside and gone away.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v23" data-usfm="JER.5.23"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.5.24"><span class="label">24</span><span class="content">They do not say to themselves,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.5.24"><span class="content">&#8216;Let us fear the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> our God,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.5.24"><span class="content">who gives autumn and spring rains in season,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.5.24"><span class="content">who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v24" data-usfm="JER.5.24"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.5.25"><span class="label">25</span><span class="content">Your wrongdoings have kept these away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.5.25"><span class="content">your sins have deprived you of good.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v25" data-usfm="JER.5.25"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.5.26"><span class="label">26</span><span class="content">&#8220;Among my people are the wicked</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.5.26"><span class="content">who lie in wait like men who snare birds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.5.26"><span class="content">and like those who set traps to catch people.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v26" data-usfm="JER.5.26"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.5.27"><span class="label">27</span><span class="content">Like cages full of birds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.5.27"><span class="content">their houses are full of deceit;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.5.27"><span class="content">they have become rich and powerful</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v27" data-usfm="JER.5.27"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.5.28"><span class="label">28</span><span class="content">and have grown fat and sleek.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.5.28"><span class="content">Their evil deeds have no limit;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.5.28"><span class="content">they do not seek justice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.5.28"><span class="content">They do not promote the case of the fatherless;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.5.28"><span class="content">they do not defend the just cause of the poor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v28" data-usfm="JER.5.28"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.5.29"><span class="label">29</span><span class="content">Should I not punish them for this?&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.5.29"><span class="content">declares the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.5.29"><span class="content">&#8220;Should I not avenge myself</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.5.29"><span class="content">on such a nation as this?</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v29" data-usfm="JER.5.29"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.5.30"><span class="label">30</span><span class="content">&#8220;A horrible and shocking thing</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.5.30"><span class="content">has happened in the land:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v30" data-usfm="JER.5.30"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.5.31"><span class="label">31</span><span class="content">The prophets prophesy lies,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.5.31"><span class="content">the priests rule by their own authority,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.5.31"><span class="content">and my people love it this way.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v31" data-usfm="JER.5.31"><span class="content">But what will you do in the end?</span></span></div>
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