{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/kjv/jeremiah/5","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:01:16.930Z"},"reference":{"translation":"KJV","book":"Jeremiah","bookSlug":"jeremiah","chapter":5,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":4,"nextChapter":6,"totalChapters":52,"totalVerses":31},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"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 <i>any</i> that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And though they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"O LORD, <i>are</i> not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, <i>but</i> they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Therefore I said, Surely these <i>are</i> poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, <i>nor</i> the judgment of their God."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, <i>and</i> the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, <i>and</i> burst the bonds."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, <i>and</i> 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, <i>and</i> their backslidings are increased."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by <i>them that are</i> no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They were <i>as</i> fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"Shall I not visit for these <i>things</i>? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they <i>are</i> not the LORD'S."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"They have belied the LORD, and said, <i>It is</i> not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"And the prophets shall become wind, and the word <i>is</i> not in them: thus shall it be done unto them."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the LORD: it <i>is</i> a mighty nation, it <i>is</i> an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Their quiver <i>is</i> as an open sepulchre, they <i>are</i> all mighty men."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"And they shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, <i>which</i> 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."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I will not make a full end with you."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these <i>things</i> 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 <i>that is</i> not yours."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,"},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:"},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Fear ye not me? saith the LORD: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand <i>for</i> 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?"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone."},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"Your iniquities have turned away these <i>things</i>, and your sins have withholden good <i>things</i> from you."},{"verseNumber":26,"text":"For among my people are found wicked <i>men</i>: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men."},{"verseNumber":27,"text":"As a cage is full of birds, so <i>are</i> their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich."},{"verseNumber":28,"text":"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."},{"verseNumber":29,"text":"Shall I not visit for these <i>things</i>? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?"},{"verseNumber":30,"text":"A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;"},{"verseNumber":31,"text":"The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love <i>to have it</i> so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?"}],"citation":{"inline":"Jeremiah 5 (KJV)","markdown":"[Jeremiah 5](https://primebible.com/kjv/jeremiah/5)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* KJV. https://primebible.com/kjv/jeremiah/5 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}