<vn='1'>Run ye to and <sn="7751">fro</s> through the <sn="2351">streets</s> of <sn="3389">Jerusalem</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="4994">now</s>, and <sn="3045">know</s>, and <sn="1245">seek</s> in the broad <sn="7339">places</s> thereof, <sn="518">if</s> ye can <sn="4672">find</s> a <sn="376">man</s>, <sn="518">if</s> there <sn="3426">be</s> any that <sn="6213">executeth</s><sn="4941">judgment</s>, that <sn="1245">seeketh</s> the <sn="530">truth</s>; and I will <sn="5545">pardon</s> it. </v>
<vn='2'>And <sn="518">though</s> they <sn="559">say</s>, The <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2416">liveth</s>; <sn="3651">surely</s> they <sn="7650">swear</s><sn="8267">falsely</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>O <sn="3068">LORD</s>, are <sn="3808">not</s> thine <sn="5869">eyes</s> upon the <sn="530">truth</s>? thou hast <sn="5221">stricken</s> them, but they have <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2342">grieved</s>; thou hast <sn="3615">consumed</s> them, but they have <sn="3985">refused</s> to <sn="3947">receive</s><sn="4148">correction</s>: they have made their <sn="6440">faces</s><sn="2388">harder</s> than a <sn="4480 5553">rock</s>; they have <sn="3985">refused</s> to <sn="7725">return</s>. </v>
<vn='4'>Therefore <sn="589">I</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="389">Surely</s><sn="1992">these</s> are <sn="1800">poor</s>; they are <sn="2973">foolish</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> they <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, nor the <sn="4941">judgment</s> of their <sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>I will <sn="1980">get</s> me <sn="413">unto</s> the great <sn="1419">men</s>, and will speak <sn="1696">unto</s> them; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s> have <sn="3045">known</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="4941">judgment</s> of their <sn="430">God</s>: <sn="389">but</s><sn="1992">these</s> have <sn="3162">altogether</s><sn="7665">broken</s> the <sn="5923">yoke</s>, and <sn="5423">burst</s> the <sn="4147">bonds</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="5921 3651">Wherefore</s> a <sn="738">lion</s> out of the <sn="4480 3293">forest</s> shall <sn="5221">slay</s> them, and a <sn="2061">wolf</s> of the <sn="6160">evenings</s> shall <sn="7703">spoil</s> them, a <sn="5246">leopard</s> shall <sn="8245">watch</s><sn="5921">over</s> their <sn="5892">cities</s>: every <sn="3605">one</s> that goeth <sn="3318">out</s><sn="4480 2007">thence</s> shall be torn in <sn="2963">pieces</s>: <sn="3588">because</s> their <sn="6588">transgressions</s> are <sn="7231">many</s>, and their <sn="4878">backslidings</s> are <sn="6105">increased</s>. </v>
<vn='7'><sn="335">How</s> shall I <sn="5545">pardon</s> thee for <sn="2063">this</s>? thy <sn="1121">children</s> have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> me, and <sn="7650">sworn</s> by them that are <sn="3808">no</s><sn="430">gods</s>: when I had fed them to the <sn="7646 *853">full</s>, they then committed <sn="5003">adultery</s>, and assembled <sn="1413">themselves</s> by troops in the <sn="2181">harlots</s><sn="1004">houses</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>They <sn="1961">were</s> as <sn="2109">fed</s><sn="5483">horses</s> in the <sn="7904">morning</s>: every <sn="376">one</s><sn="6670">neighed</s><sn="413">after</s> his <sn="7453">neighbor</s> 's <sn="802">wife</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>Shall I <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6485">visit</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="428">these</s> things? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="518">and</s> shall <sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> be <sn="5358">avenged</s> on <sn="834">such</s> a <sn="1471">nation</s> as <sn="2088">this</s>? </v>
<vn='10'>Go ye <sn="5927">up</s> upon her <sn="8284">walls</s>, and <sn="7843">destroy</s>; but <sn="6213">make</s><sn="408">not</s> a full <sn="3617">end</s>: take <sn="5493">away</s> her <sn="5189">battlements</s>; <sn="3588">for</s><sn="1992">they</s> are <sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> 's. </v>
<vn='11'><sn="3588">For</s> the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s> and the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3063">Judah</s> have dealt very <sn="898 898">treacherously</s> against me, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>They have <sn="3584">belied</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, It is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="1931">he</s>; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall <sn="7451">evil</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="5921">upon</s> us; <sn="3808">neither</s> shall we <sn="7200">see</s><sn="2719">sword</s> nor <sn="7458">famine</s>: </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="5030">prophets</s> shall <sn="1961">become</s><sn="7307">wind</s>, and the <sn="1699">word</s> is <sn="369">not</s> in them: <sn="3541">thus</s> shall it be <sn="6213">done</s> unto them. </v>
<vn='14'><sn="3651">Wherefore</s><sn="3541">thus</s><sn="559">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s> of <sn="6635">hosts</s>, <sn="3282">Because</s> ye <sn="1696">speak</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="1697">word</s>, <sn="2009">behold</s>, I will <sn="5414">make</s> my <sn="1697">words</s> in thy <sn="6310">mouth</s><sn="784">fire</s>, and <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s><sn="6086">wood</s>, and it shall <sn="398">devour</s> them. </v>
<vn='15'><sn="2009">Lo</s>, I will <sn="935">bring</s> a <sn="1471">nation</s><sn="5921">upon</s> you from <sn="4480 4801">far</s>, O <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: <sn="1931">it</s> is a <sn="386">mighty</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, <sn="1931">it</s> is an <sn="4480 5769">ancient</s><sn="1471">nation</s>, a <sn="1471">nation</s> whose <sn="3956">language</s> thou <sn="3045">knowest</s><sn="3808">not</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="8085">understandest</s><sn="4100">what</s> they <sn="1696">say</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>Their <sn="827">quiver</s> is as an <sn="6605">open</s><sn="6913">sepulcher</s>, they are <sn="3605">all</s> mighty <sn="1368">men</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And they shall eat <sn="398">up</s> thine <sn="7105">harvest</s>, and thy <sn="3899">bread</s>, which thy <sn="1121">sons</s> and thy <sn="1323">daughters</s> should <sn="398">eat</s>: they shall eat <sn="398">up</s> thy <sn="6629">flocks</s> and thine <sn="1241">herds</s>: they shall eat <sn="398">up</s> thy <sn="1612">vines</s> and thy fig <sn="8384">trees</s>: they shall <sn="7567">impoverish</s> thy <sn="4013">fenced</s><sn="5892">cities</s>, <sn="834">wherein</s><sn="859">thou</s><sn="982">trustedst</s>, with the <sn="2719">sword</s>. </v>
<vn='18'><sn="1571">Nevertheless</s> in <sn="1992">those</s><sn="3117">days</s>, <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6213">make</s> a full <sn="3617">end</s><sn="854">with</s> you. </v>
<vn='19'>And it shall come to <sn="1961">pass</s>, <sn="3588">when</s> ye shall <sn="559">say</s>, <sn="8478 4100">Wherefore</s><sn="6213">doeth</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> things unto us? then shalt thou <sn="559 413">answer</s> them, <sn="834">Like</s> as ye have <sn="5800">forsaken</s> me, and <sn="5647">served</s><sn="5236">strange</s><sn="430">gods</s> in your <sn="776">land</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> shall ye <sn="5647">serve</s><sn="2114">strangers</s> in a <sn="776">land</s> that is <sn="3808">not</s> yours. </v>
<vn='20'><sn="5046">Declare</s><sn="2063">this</s> in the <sn="1004">house</s> of <sn="3290">Jacob</s>, and <sn="8085">publish</s> it in <sn="3063">Judah</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, </v>
<vn='21'><sn="8085">Hear</s><sn="4994">now</s><sn="2063">this</s>, O <sn="5530">foolish</s><sn="5971">people</s>, and <sn="369">without</s><sn="3820">understanding</s>; which have <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="7200">see</s><sn="3808">not</s>; which have <sn="241">ears</s>, and <sn="8085">hear</s><sn="3808">not</s>: </v>
<vn='22'><sn="3372">Fear</s> ye <sn="3808">not</s> me? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: will ye <sn="3808">not</s><sn="2342">tremble</s> at my <sn="4480 6440">presence</s>, <sn="834">which</s> have <sn="7760">placed</s> the <sn="2344">sand</s> for the <sn="1366">bound</s> of the <sn="3220">sea</s> by a <sn="5769">perpetual</s><sn="2706">decree</s>, that it <sn="3808">cannot</s><sn="5674">pass</s> it: and though the <sn="1530">waves</s> thereof toss <sn="1607">themselves</s>, yet can they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="3201">prevail</s>; though they <sn="1993">roar</s>, yet can they <sn="3808">not</s> pass <sn="5674">over</s> it? </v>
<vn='23'>But <sn="2088">this</s><sn="5971">people</s><sn="1961">hath</s> a <sn="5637">revolting</s> and a <sn="4784">rebellious</s><sn="3820">heart</s>; they are <sn="5493">revolted</s> and <sn="1980">gone</s>. </v>
<vn='24'><sn="3808">Neither</s><sn="559">say</s> they in their <sn="3824">heart</s>, Let us <sn="4994">now</s><sn="3372">fear</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> our <sn="430">God</s>, that <sn="5414">giveth</s><sn="1653">rain</s>, both the <sn="3138">former</s> and the <sn="4456">latter</s>, in his <sn="6256">season</s>: he <sn="8104">reserveth</s> unto us the <sn="2708">appointed</s><sn="7620">weeks</s> of the <sn="7105">harvest</s>. </v>
<vn='25'>Your <sn="5771">iniquities</s> have turned <sn="5186">away</s><sn="428">these</s> things, and your <sn="2403">sins</s> have <sn="4513">withheld</s><sn="2896">good</s> things <sn="4480">from</s> you. </v>
<vn='26'><sn="3588">For</s> among my <sn="5971">people</s> are <sn="4672">found</s><sn="7563">wicked</s> men: they lay <sn="7789">wait</s>, as he that <sn="7918">setteth</s><sn="3353">snares</s>; they <sn="5324">set</s> a <sn="4889">trap</s>, they <sn="3920">catch</s><sn="376">men</s>. </v>
<vn='27'>As a <sn="3619">cage</s> is <sn="4392">full</s> of <sn="5775">birds</s>, <sn="3651">so</s> are their <sn="1004">houses</s><sn="4392">full</s> of <sn="4820">deceit</s>: <sn="5921 3651">therefore</s> they are become <sn="1431">great</s>, and waxen <sn="6238">rich</s>. </v>
<vn='28'>They are waxen <sn="8080">fat</s>, they <sn="6245">shine</s>: <sn="1571">yea</s>, they <sn="5674">overpass</s> the <sn="1697">deeds</s> of the <sn="7451">wicked</s>: they <sn="1777">judge</s><sn="3808">not</s> the <sn="1779">cause</s>, the <sn="1779">cause</s> of the <sn="3490">fatherless</s>, yet they <sn="6743">prosper</s>; and the <sn="4941">right</s> of the <sn="34">needy</s> do they <sn="3808">not</s><sn="8199">judge</s>. </v>
<vn='29'>Shall I <sn="3808">not</s><sn="6485">visit</s><sn="5921">for</s><sn="428">these</s> things? <sn="5002">saith</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: shall <sn="3808">not</s> my <sn="5315">soul</s> be <sn="5358">avenged</s> on <sn="834">such</s> a <sn="1471">nation</s> as <sn="2088">this</s>? </v>
<vn='30'>A <sn="8047">wonderful</s> and horrible <sn="8186">thing</s> is <sn="1961">committed</s> in the <sn="776">land</s>; </v>
<vn='31'>The <sn="5030">prophets</s><sn="5012">prophesy</s><sn="8267">falsely</s>, and the <sn="3548">priests</s> bear <sn="7287">rule</s><sn="5921">by</s> their <sn="3027">means</s>; and my <sn="5971">people</s><sn="157">love</s> to have it <sn="3651">so</s>: and <sn="4100">what</s> will ye <sn="6213">do</s> in the <sn="319">end</s> thereof? </v>