1 ¶ Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. See also: Genesis 18:23-32 2 Chronicles 16:9 Ezekiel 22:30 Psalms 14:3 Psalms 53:2-4
2 And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely. See also: Titus 1:16 Jeremiah 4:2 Leviticus 19:12 Isaiah 48:1 Jeremiah 7:9
3 O LORD, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. See also: Jeremiah 2:30 Jeremiah 7:28 2 Chronicles 16:9 Isaiah 9:13 Zephaniah 3:7
4 Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God. See also: Jeremiah 8:7 Hosea 4:6 Isaiah 28:9-13 Matthew 11:5 Isaiah 27:11
5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds. See also: Jeremiah 2:20 James 2:5-7 Psalms 2:2-3 Jeremiah 6:13 Ezekiel 22:6-8
6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased. See also: Jeremiah 4:7 Habakkuk 1:8 Ezekiel 22:27 Zephaniah 3:3 Numbers 32:14
7 How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses. See also: Joshua 23:7 Galatians 4:8 Deuteronomy 32:21 Jeremiah 2:11 Zephaniah 1:5
8 They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife. See also: Jeremiah 13:27 Deuteronomy 5:18 2 Samuel 11:2-4 Ezekiel 22:11 Genesis 39:9
9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? See also: Jeremiah 9:9 Jeremiah 5:29 Isaiah 1:24 Leviticus 26:25 Deuteronomy 32:35
10 ¶ Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the LORD'S. See also: Jeremiah 4:27 Psalms 78:61-62 Jeremiah 39:8 Ezekiel 12:16 Hosea 1:9
11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD. See also: Jeremiah 3:20 Isaiah 48:8 Jeremiah 3:6-11 Hosea 5:7 Hosea 6:7
12 They have belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: See also: 2 Chronicles 36:16 Deuteronomy 29:19 1 Samuel 6:9 Psalms 10:6 Isaiah 28:14-15
13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them. See also: Jeremiah 14:15 Job 8:2 Jeremiah 14:13 Job 6:26 Jeremiah 18:18
14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, behold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them. See also: Jeremiah 23:29 Jeremiah 1:9 Hosea 6:5 Revelation 11:5-6 2 Kings 1:10-14
15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say. See also: Deuteronomy 28:49 Jeremiah 4:16 Isaiah 5:26 Isaiah 28:11 Isaiah 33:19
16 Their quiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men. See also: Psalms 5:9 Isaiah 5:28 Romans 3:13
17 And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword. See also: Leviticus 26:16 Deuteronomy 28:33 Hosea 8:14 Deuteronomy 28:30-31 Judges 6:3-4
18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you. See also: Jeremiah 5:10 Jeremiah 4:27 Romans 11:1-5 Ezekiel 9:8 Ezekiel 11:13
19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours. See also: 1 Kings 9:8-9 Deuteronomy 28:47-48 Jeremiah 22:8-9 Jeremiah 13:22 Jeremiah 16:13
20 ¶ Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,
21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: See also: Ezekiel 12:2 Acts 28:26 Isaiah 6:9-10 Romans 11:8 Jeremiah 4:22
22 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? See also: Job 38:10-11 Psalms 104:9 Job 26:10 Deuteronomy 28:58 Psalms 119:120
23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone. See also: Jeremiah 6:28 Deuteronomy 21:18 Psalms 95:10 Hosea 11:7 Hebrews 3:12
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. See also: Psalms 147:8 Genesis 8:22 Joel 2:23 Jeremiah 14:22 Matthew 5:45
25 ¶ Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you. See also: Isaiah 59:2 Psalms 107:34 Psalms 107:17 Deuteronomy 28:23-24 Jeremiah 2:17-19
26 For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men. See also: Proverbs 1:11 Psalms 64:5 Jeremiah 18:22 Ezekiel 22:2-12 Psalms 10:9-10
27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich. See also: Proverbs 1:11-13 Jeremiah 9:6 Hosea 12:7-8 Amos 8:4-6 Micah 1:12
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. See also: Isaiah 1:23 Deuteronomy 32:15 Psalms 73:12 Jeremiah 7:6 Zechariah 7:10
29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this? See also: Jeremiah 5:9 Malachi 3:5 James 5:4 Jeremiah 9:9
30 A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land; See also: Jeremiah 23:14 Hosea 6:10 Isaiah 1:2 Jeremiah 2:12
31 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? See also: Ezekiel 13:6 Jeremiah 14:14 Micah 2:11 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 2 Timothy 4:3-4