Yirmeyahu 5:20-29 ירמיהו ה׳:כ׳-כ״ט

Declare this in the house of Ya῾aqov, and publish it in Yehuda, saying,

Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; who have eyes, and see not; who have ears, and hear not:

Do you not fear me? says the Lord: will you not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though its waves toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass over it?

But this people has a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that gives rain, both the former and the latter, in its season: that keeps for us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.

For among my people are found wicked men: they lie in wait, as he that sets snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and grown rich.

They are grown fat, and sleek: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness: they judge not the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

Shall I not punish for these things? says the Lord: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?