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Your sin has robbed you of all these good things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned these away, and your sins have kept good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned away these <i>things</i>, and your sins have withholden good <i>things</i> from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/5.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned these <i>things</i> away, And your sins have withheld good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />‘Your wrongdoings have turned these away, And your sins have kept good away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8216Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/5.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />‘Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have withheld good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/5.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />‘Your wickedness has turned these [blessings] away, And your sins have withheld good [harvests] from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/5.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your guilty acts have diverted these things from you. Your sins have withheld my bounty from you,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your guilty acts have diverted these things from you. Your sins have withheld My bounty from you, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/5.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/5.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />That's why I cannot bless you! * <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/5.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/5.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Your wickedness has turned these things away. Your sins have kept good things away from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/5.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />Instead, your sins have kept these good things from you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/5.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have held back from you what is good.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/5.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Your iniquities have diverted these from you; your sins have deprived you of My bounty.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/5.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Your misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.' <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/5.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/5.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good from you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/5.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned these away, "" And your sins have kept the good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/5.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Your iniquities have turned these away, And your sins have kept the good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/5.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Your iniquities turned away these things, and your sins withheld the good from you.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/5.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have withholden good things from you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/5.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned these things away, and your sins have held back good things from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/5.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Your crimes have prevented these things, your sins have turned these blessings away from you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/5.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned these away, and your sins have deprived you of good.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/5.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/5.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Your crimes have turned these things against you, and your sins have restrained good from you<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/5.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Your iniquities have turned away these things, And your sins have withholden good from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/5.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Your transgressions have turned away these things, and your sins have removed good things from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=1652" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/5.htm">Judgment Proclaimed</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">24</span>They have not said in their hearts, ‘Let us fear the LORD our God, who gives the rains, both autumn and spring, in season, who keeps for us the appointed weeks of harvest.’ <span class="reftext">25</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/5771.htm" title="5771: ‘ă·wō·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem (N-cpc:: 2mp) -- Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity. Or oavown; from avah; perversity, i.e. evil.">Your iniquities</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: hiṭ·ṭū- (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">have diverted</a> <a href="/hebrew/428.htm" title="428: ’êl·leh (Pro-cp) -- These. Prolonged from 'el; these or those.">these from you;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2403.htm" title="2403: wə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯê·ḵem (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2mp) -- Or chattacth; from chata'; an offence, and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also an offender.">your sins</a> <a href="/hebrew/4513.htm" title="4513: mā·nə·‘ū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To withhold, hold back. A primitive root; to debar from benefit or injury.">have deprived</a> <a href="/hebrew/mik·kem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2896.htm" title="2896: haṭ·ṭō·wḇ (Art:: N-ms) -- Pleasant, agreeable, good.">of My bounty.</a> </span><span class="reftext">26</span>For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a></span><br />But your iniquities have built barriers between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He does not hear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23-24</a></span><br />The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron. / The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/10-12.htm">Hosea 10:12-13</a></span><br />Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain. / You have plowed wickedness and reaped injustice; you have eaten the fruit of lies. Because you have trusted in your own way and in the multitude of your mighty men,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/malachi/3-9.htm">Malachi 3:9-10</a></span><br />You are cursed with a curse, yet you—the whole nation—are still robbing Me. / Bring the full tithe into the storehouse, so that there may be food in My house. Test Me in this,” says the LORD of Hosts. “See if I will not open the windows of heaven and pour out for you blessing without measure.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/5-6.htm">Isaiah 5:6</a></span><br />I will make it a wasteland, neither pruned nor cultivated, and thorns and briers will grow up. I will command the clouds that rain shall not fall on it.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-7.htm">Amos 4:7</a></span><br />“I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-19.htm">Leviticus 26:19-20</a></span><br />I will break down your stubborn pride and make your sky like iron and your land like bronze, / and your strength will be spent in vain. For your land will not yield its produce, and the trees of the land will not bear their fruit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/joel/1-16.htm">Joel 1:16-20</a></span><br />Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God? / The seeds lie shriveled beneath the clods; the storehouses are in ruins; the granaries are broken down, for the grain has withered away. / How the cattle groan! The herds wander in confusion because they have no pasture. Even the flocks of sheep are suffering. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Ezekiel 14:13</a></span><br />“Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6-11</a></span><br />You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.” / This is what the LORD of Hosts says: “Consider carefully your ways. / Go up into the hills, bring down lumber, and build the house, so that I may take pleasure in it and be glorified, says the LORD. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-18.htm">Romans 1:18</a></span><br />The wrath of God is being revealed from heaven against all the godlessness and wickedness of men who suppress the truth by their wickedness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-3.htm">James 4:3</a></span><br />And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/3-12.htm">Hebrews 3:12-13</a></span><br />See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God. / But exhort one another daily, as long as it is called today, so that none of you may be hardened by sin’s deceitfulness.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withheld good things from you.</p><p class="hdg">See on ch.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/2-17.htm">Jeremiah 2:17-19</a></b></br> Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way? … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Jeremiah 3:3</a></b></br> Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-23.htm">Deuteronomy 28:23,24</a></b></br> And thy heaven that <i>is</i> over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that <i>is</i> under thee <i>shall be</i> iron… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/38-10.htm">Deprived</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-22.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-3.htm">Good</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-7.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-23.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Withheld</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Withholden</a> <a href="/hebrews/8-12.htm">Wrongdoings</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/lamentations/3-17.htm">Deprived</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-12.htm">Evil-Doing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-16.htm">Good</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Iniquities</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Kept</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Sins</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-4.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-16.htm">Withheld</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-16.htm">Withholden</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-31.htm">Wrongdoings</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 5</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-1.htm">The judgments of God upon the people, for their perverseness;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">for their adultery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-10.htm">for their impiety;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-15.htm">for their worship of idols;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">19. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-19.htm">for their contempt of God;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">25. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">and for their great corruption in the civil state;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">30. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/5-30.htm">and ecclesiastical.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/5.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/5.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Your iniquities have diverted these from you;</b><br>The term "iniquities" refers to moral or ethical wrongdoings, often implying a deeper, more ingrained sinfulness. In the context of Jeremiah, the prophet is addressing the people of Judah, who have turned away from God through idolatry and social injustice. The "these" likely refers to the blessings and prosperity that God had promised to His people if they remained faithful. This phrase echoes the covenantal relationship established in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings are contingent upon obedience. The diversion of blessings due to iniquity is a recurring theme in the Old Testament, highlighting the consequences of sin. This concept is also seen in <a href="/isaiah/59-2.htm">Isaiah 59:2</a>, where iniquities create a separation between the people and God.<p><b>your sins have deprived you of My bounty.</b><br>"Sins" here are the specific actions that violate God's laws, contributing to the overall state of iniquity. The "bounty" refers to the abundance and provision that God desires to give His people. Historically, this could include agricultural prosperity, peace, and security, which were tangible signs of God's favor in the ancient Near Eastern context. The deprivation of God's bounty serves as a form of divine judgment, intended to lead the people to repentance. This idea is consistent with the prophetic literature, where physical deprivation often symbolizes spiritual barrenness. Theologically, this deprivation points to the need for a savior, fulfilled in Jesus Christ, who restores the relationship between God and humanity, offering spiritual abundance as seen in <a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, known for his prophecies concerning the judgment and restoration of Israel. He ministered during the final years of the kingdom of Judah.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which was facing impending judgment due to its persistent sin and rebellion against God.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_bounty.htm">God's Bounty</a></b><br>Refers to the blessings and provisions that God intended for His people, which were withheld due to their iniquities.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequence_of_sin.htm">The Consequence of Sin</a></b><br>Sin has tangible consequences, not only spiritually but also in the physical and material aspects of life. It diverts and deprives us of the good things God desires to give us.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_to_bless.htm">God's Desire to Bless</a></b><br>Despite the consequences of sin, God's heart is to bless His people. His withholding of blessings is a call to repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/repentance_and_restoration.htm">Repentance and Restoration</a></b><br>The path to reclaiming God's bounty is through genuine repentance and turning away from sin. God is faithful to restore those who seek Him earnestly.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/self-examination.htm">Self-Examination</a></b><br>Believers are encouraged to examine their lives for any iniquities that may be hindering their relationship with God and His blessings.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_obedience.htm">The Role of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's commands is crucial in maintaining a life that is open to His blessings and favor.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_5.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 5</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'forgive_and_forget'_biblical.htm">Is 'forgive and forget' a biblical concept?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_spiritual_milk.htm">What does 'sin' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_jer._3_2_say_idolatry_'polluted'.htm">Why does Jeremiah 3:2 claim the land is 'polluted' by idolatry when archaeological records provide no definitive evidence of such ecological devastation?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_punish_children_for_ancestors'_sins.htm">If God is just, why does He punish children for the sins of their ancestors (Exodus 20:5)?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/5.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(25) <span class= "bld">These things.</span>--i.e., the rain and the harvest which, from the prophet's point of view, had been withheld in consequence of the sins of the people.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/5.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 25.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Have turned away these things</span>. "These things" are the benefits mentioned in the preceding verse (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/3-3.htm">Jeremiah 3:3</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a>). Thus the judgment is not entirely future; a foretaste of it has already been given (comp. <a href="/1_kings/17.htm">1 Kings 17</a>; <a href="/amos/4.htm">Amos 4</a>.). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Your iniquities</span><br /><span class="heb">עֲוֺנוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(‘ă·wō·nō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5771.htm">Strong's 5771: </a> </span><span class="str2">Iniquity, guilt, punishment for iniquity</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have diverted</span><br /><span class="heb">הִטּוּ־</span> <span class="translit">(hiṭ·ṭū-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> </span><span class="str2">To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend</span><br /><br /><span class="word">these from you;</span><br /><span class="heb">אֵ֑לֶּה</span> <span class="translit">(’êl·leh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_428.htm">Strong's 428: </a> </span><span class="str2">These, those</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your sins</span><br /><span class="heb">וְחַטֹּ֣אותֵיכֶ֔ם</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḥaṭ·ṭō·w·ṯê·ḵem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2403.htm">Strong's 2403: </a> </span><span class="str2">An offence, its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, expiation, an offender</span><br /><br /><span class="word">have deprived</span><br /><span class="heb">מָנְע֥וּ</span> <span class="translit">(mā·nə·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4513.htm">Strong's 4513: </a> </span><span class="str2">To debar, from benefit, injury</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you</span><br /><span class="heb">מִכֶּֽם׃</span> <span class="translit">(mik·kem)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> </span><span class="str2">A part of, from, out of</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of My bounty.</span><br /><span class="heb">הַטּ֖וֹב</span> <span class="translit">(haṭ·ṭō·wḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2896.htm">Strong's 2896: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pleasant, agreeable, good</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/5-25.htm">Jeremiah 5:25 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/5-25.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 5:25 Your iniquities have turned away these things (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/5-24.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:24"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:24" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/5-26.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 5:26"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 5:26" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>