Run ye to and fro{H7751} through the streets{H2351} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and see{H7200} now, and know,{H3045} and seek{H1245} in the broad places{H7339} thereof, if ye can find{H4672} a man,{H376} if there be{H3426} any that doeth{H6213} justly,{H4941} that seeketh{H1245} truth;{H530} and I will pardon{H5545} her.

And though they say,{H559} As Jehovah{H3068} liveth;{H2416} surely they swear{H7650} falsely.{H8267}

O Jehovah,{H3068} do not thine eyes{H5869} look upon truth?{H530} thou hast stricken{H5221} them, but they were not 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}

Then I said,{H559} Surely these are poor;{H1800} they are foolish;{H2973} for they know{H3045} not the way{H1870} of Jehovah,{H3068} nor the law{H4941} of their God:{H430}

I will get{H3212} me unto the great men,{H1419} and will speak{H1696} unto them; for they know{H3045} the way{H1870} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the law{H4941} of their God.{H430} But these with one accord{H3162} have broken{H7665} the yoke,{H5923} and burst{H5423} the bonds.{H4147}

Wherefore a lion{H738} out of the forest{H3293} shall slay{H5221} them, a wolf{H2061} of the evenings{H6160} shall destroy{H7703} them, a leopard{H5246} shall watch{H8245} against their cities;{H5892} every one that goeth out{H3318} thence shall{H2007} be torn in pieces;{H2963} because their transgressions{H6588} are many,{H7231} [and] their backslidings{H4878} are increased.{H6105}

How{H335} can I pardon{H5545} thee? thy{H2063} children{H1121} have forsaken{H5800} me, and sworn{H7650} by them that are no{H3808} gods.{H430} When I had fed them to the full,{H7650} they committed adultery,{H5003} and assembled themselves in troops{H1413} at the harlots'{H2181} houses.{H1004}

They were as fed{H2109} horses{H5483} roaming at large;{H7904} every one{H376} neighed{H6670} after his neighbor's{H7453} wife.{H802}

Shall I not visit{H6485} for these things? saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} and shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358} on such a nation{H1471} as this?

Go ye up{H5927} upon her walls,{H8284} and destroy;{H7843} but make{H6213} not a full end:{H3617} take away{H5493} her branches;{H5189} for they are not Jehovah's.{H3068}

For the house{H1004} of Israel{H3478} and the house{H1004} of Judah{H3063} have dealt very{H898} treacherously{H898} against me, saith{H5002} Jehovah.{H3068}

They have denied{H3584} Jehovah,{H3068} and said,{H559} It is not he; neither shall evil{H7451} come{H935} upon us; neither shall we see{H7200} sword{H2719} nor famine:{H7458}

and the prophets{H5030} shall become wind,{H7307} and the word{H1696} is not in them: thus shall it be done{H6213} unto them.

Wherefore thus saith{H559} Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of hosts,{H6635} Because ye speak{H1696} this word,{H1697} behold, I will make{H5414} my words{H1697} in thy mouth{H6310} fire,{H784} and this people{H5971} wood,{H6086} and it shall devour{H398} them.

Lo, I will bring{H935} a nation{H1471} upon you from far,{H4801} O house{H1004} of Israel,{H3478} saith{H5002} Jehovah:{H3068} it is a mighty{H386} nation,{H1471} it is an ancient{H5769} nation,{H1471} a nation{H1471} whose language{H3956} thou knowest{H3045} not, neither understandest{H8085} what they say.{H1696}

Their quiver{H827} is an open{H6605} sepulchre,{H6913} they are all mighty men.{H1368}

And they shall eat up{H398} thy harvest,{H7105} and thy bread,{H3899} [which] thy sons{H1121} and thy daughters{H1323} should eat;{H398} they shall eat up{H398} thy flocks{H6629} and thy herds;{H1241} they shall eat up{H398} thy vines{H1612} and thy fig-trees;{H8384} they shall beat down{H7567} thy fortified{H4013} cities,{H5892} wherein thou{H2007} trustest,{H982} with the sword.{H2719}

But even in those days,{H3117} saith{H5002} Jehovah,{H3068} I will not make{H6213} a full end{H3617} with you.

And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say,{H559} Wherefore{H8478} hath Jehovah{H3068} our God{H430} done{H6213} all these things unto us? then shalt thou say{H559} unto them, Like as ye have forsaken{H5800} me, and served{H5647} foreign{H5236} gods{H430} in your land,{H776} so shall ye serve{H5647} strangers{H2114} in a land{H776} that is not yours.

Declare{H5046} ye this in the house{H1004} of Jacob,{H3290} and publish{H8085} it in Judah,{H3063} saying,{H559}

Hear{H8085} now this, O foolish{H5530} people,{H5971} and without understanding;{H3820} that have eyes,{H5869} and see{H7200} not; that have ears,{H241} and hear{H8085} not:

Fear{H3372} ye not me? saith{H5002} Jehovah:{H3068} will ye not tremble{H2342} at my presence,{H6440} who have placed{H7760} the sand{H2344} for the bound{H1366} of the sea,{H3220} by a perpetual{H5769} decree,{H2706} that it cannot pass{H5674} it? and though the waves{H1530} thereof toss{H1607} themselves, yet can they not prevail;{H3201} though they roar,{H1993} yet can they not pass over{H5674} it.

But this people{H5971} hath a revolting{H5637} and a rebellious{H4784} heart;{H3820} they are revolted{H5493} and gone.{H3212}

Neither say{H559} they in their heart,{H3824} Let us now fear{H3372} Jehovah{H3068} our God,{H430} that giveth{H5414} rain,{H1653} both the former{H3138} and the latter,{H4456} in its season;{H6256} that preserveth{H8104} unto us the appointed{H2708} weeks{H7620} of the harvest.{H7105}

Your iniquities{H5771} have turned away{H5186} these things, and your sins{H2403} have withholden{H4513} good{H2896} from you.

For among my people{H5971} are found{H4672} wicked{H7563} men: they watch,{H7918} as fowlers{H3353} lie in wait;{H7789} they set{H5324} a trap,{H4889} they catch{H3920} men.{H582}

As a cage{H3619} is full{H4392} of birds,{H5775} so are their houses{H1004} full{H4392} of deceit:{H4820} therefore they are become great,{H1431} and waxed rich.{H6238}

They are waxed fat,{H8080} they shine:{H6245} yea, they overpass{H5674} in deeds{H1697} of wickedness;{H7451} they plead{H1777} not the cause,{H1779} the cause of the fatherless,{H3490} that they may prosper;{H6743} and the right{H4941} of the needy{H34} do they not judge.{H8199}

Shall I not visit{H6485} for these things? saith{H5002} Jehovah;{H3068} shall not my soul{H5315} be avenged{H5358} on such a nation{H1471} as this?

A wonderful{H8047} and horrible thing{H8186} is come{H1961} to pass in the land:{H776}

the prophets{H5030} prophesy{H5012} falsely,{H8267} and the priests{H3548} bear rule{H7287} by their means;{H3027} and my people{H5971} love{H157} to have it so: and what will ye do{H6213} in the end{H319} thereof?