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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Jeremiah 5 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/jeremiah/5.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/jeremiah/5-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="//biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">CEV</a> > Jeremiah 5</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../jeremiah/4.htm" title="Jeremiah 4">◄</a> Jeremiah 5 <a href="../jeremiah/6.htm" title="Jeremiah 6">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Is Anyone Honest and Faithful?</h3><h5 class="sp">The Lord said to me:</h5>1“Search Jerusalemfor honest peoplewho try to be faithful.If you can find even one,I'll forgive the whole city.2Everyone breaks promisesmade in my name.”3I answered, “I knowthat you look for truth.You punished your peoplefor their lies,but in spite of the pain,they became more stubbornand refused to turn backto you.”4Then I thought to myself,“These common peopleact like fools,and they have never learnedwhat the Lord their Goddemands of them.5So I'll go and talk to the leaders.They know what God demands.”But even they had decidednot to obey the Lord.6The people have rebelledand rejected the Lordtoo many times.So enemies will attacklike lions from the forestor wolves from the desert.Those enemies will watchthe towns of Judah,and like leopardsthey will tear to pieceswhoever goes outside.<h3 class="s1">Enemies Will Punish Judah</h3><h5 class="sp">The Lord said:</h5>7People of Judah,how can I forgive you?I gave you everything,but you abandoned meand worshiped idols.You men go to prostitutesand are unfaithfulto your wives.8You are no better than animals,and you always want sexwith someone else's wife.9Why shouldn't I punishthe people of Judah?10I will tell their enemies,“Go through my vineyard.Don't destroy the vines,but cut off the branches,because they are the peoplewho don't belong to me.”11In every way, Judah and Israelhave been unfaithful to me.* 12Their prophets lie and say,“The Lord won't punish us.We will have peaceand plenty of food.”13They tell these lies in my name,so now they will be killed in waror starve to death.14I am the Lord God All-Powerful.Jeremiah, I will tell youexactly what to say.Your words will be a fire;Israel and Judahwill be the fuel.15People of Israel,I have made my decision.An army from a distant countrywill attack you.I've chosen an ancient nation,and you won't understandtheir language.16All of them are warriors,and their arrows bring death.17This nation will eat your cropsand livestock;they will leave no fruiton your vines or fig trees.And although you feel safebehind thick walls,your towns will be destroyedand your children killed.<h3 class="s1">Israel Refused To Worship the Lord</h3>18The Lord said:Jeremiah, the enemy army won't kill everyone in Judah. 19And the people who survive will ask, “Why did the Lord our God do such terrible things to us?” Then tell them:I am the Lord,but you abandoned meand worshiped other godsin your own land.Now you will be slavesin a foreign country.20Tell these things to each other,you people of Judah,you descendants of Jacob.21<a href="#Jer.5.21!x.1" id="link_Jer.5.21!x.1" class="notelink x-link">-</a> You fools! Why don't you listenwhen I speak?Why can't you understand22<a href="#Jer.5.22!x.1" id="link_Jer.5.22!x.1" class="notelink x-link">-</a> that you should worship mewith fear and trembling?I'm the one who made the shoreto hold back the ocean.Waves may crash on the beach,but they can come no farther.23You stubborn people have rebelledand turned your backs on me.24You refuse to say,“Let's worship the Lord!He's the one who sends rainin spring and autumnand gives us a good harvest.”25That's why I cannot bless you!* 26A hunter traps birdsand puts them in a cage,but some of you trap humansand make them your slaves.27You are evil, and you lie and cheatto make yourselves rich.You are powerful28and prosperous,but you refuse to help<a href="#Jer.5.28!f.1" id="link_Jer.5.28!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> the poorget the justice they deserve.29You need to be punished,and so I will take revenge.30Look at the terrible thingsgoing on in this country.I am shocked!31Prophets give their messagesin the name of a false god,<a href="#Jer.5.31!f.1" id="link_Jer.5.31!f.1" class="notelink f-link">+</a> my priests don't wantto serve me,<a href="#Jer.5.31!f.2" id="link_Jer.5.31!f.2" class="notelink f-link">+</a> and you—my own people—like it this way!But on the day of disaster,where will you turn for help?</div> </div> <a name="fn"></a> Footnotes: <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.28 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">refuse to help: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.31 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">give … god: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “tell lies.”</char></note> <note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">5.31 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">don't … me: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “don't care what I want.”</char></note></div></div> <div align="center">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®) © 2006 American Bible Society. 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