New Living Translation (NLT)
Jeremiah 5
28 They are fat and sleek, and there is no limit to their wicked deeds. They refuse to provide justice to orphans and deny the rights of the poor.
29 Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nation?
30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in this land—
31 the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. Worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?
Jeremiah 6
1 “Run for your lives, you people of Benjamin! Get out of Jerusalem! Sound the alarm in Tekoa! Send up a signal at Beth-hakkerem! A powerful army is coming from the north, coming with disaster and destruction.
2 O Jerusalem, you are my beautiful and delicate daughter— but I will destroy you!
3 Enemies will surround you, like shepherds camped around the city. Each chooses a place for his troops to devour.
4 They shout, ‘Prepare for battle! Attack at noon!’ ‘No, it’s too late; the day is fading, and the evening shadows are falling.’
5 ‘Well then, let’s attack at night and destroy her palaces!’”
6 This is what the LORD of Heaven’s Armies says: “Cut down the trees for battering rams. Build siege ramps against the walls of Jerusalem. This is the city to be punished, for she is wicked through and through.
7 She spouts evil like a fountain. Her streets echo with the sounds of violence and destruction. I always see her sickness and sores.
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