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Jeremiah 5:20
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
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Jeremiah 5:21
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 5:22
Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand <i>for</i> 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 5:23
But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.
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Jeremiah 5:24
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 5:25
Your iniquities have turned away these <i>things</i>, and your sins have withholden good <i>things</i> from you.
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Jeremiah 5:26
For among my people are found wicked <i>men</i>: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.
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Jeremiah 5:27
As a cage is full of birds, so <i>are</i> their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.
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Jeremiah 5:28
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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Jeremiah 5:29
Shall I not visit for these <i>things</i>? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?