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Hear now this, O foolish people, and without
understanding; which have eyes, and see not;
which have ears, and hear not: 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?
But this people hath 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 giveth rain,
both the former and the latter, in his season:
he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks
of the harvest. Your iniquities have turned
away these things, and your sins have
withholden good things from you.
For among my people are found wicked
men: they lay wait, as he that setteth
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 waxen rich. 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. Shall I
not visit for these things? saith the LORD:
shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation
as this? A wonderful and horrible thing
is committed in the land; 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?
Jeremiah 5:21-31
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