Jeremiah 5:5-7
Names of God Bible
5 Let me go to important people and speak to them.
They know the way of Yahweh
and the justice that Elohim demands.”
But they, too, had broken off their yokes[a]
and torn off their chains.
6 That is why a lion from the forest will attack them.
A wolf from the wilderness will destroy them.
A leopard will lie in ambush outside their cities.
All who leave the cities will be torn to pieces,
because they rebel so often
and they become more and more unfaithful.
7 “Why should I forgive you?
Your children abandoned me.
They took godless oaths.
They committed adultery, even though I satisfied their needs.
They traveled in crowds to the houses of prostitutes.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 5:5 A yoke is a wooden bar placed over the necks of work animals so that they can pull plows or carts.
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