Jeremiah 5:7
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7 How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
and have sworn by those who are no gods.
When I fed them to the full,
they committed adultery
and trooped to the houses of prostitutes.(A)
Jeremiah 5:8
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8 They were well-fed lusty stallions,
each neighing for his neighbor’s wife.(A)
Jeremiah 9:10
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10 Take up[a] weeping and wailing for the mountains
and a lamentation for the pastures of the wilderness,
because they are laid waste so that no one passes through,
and the lowing of cattle is not heard;
both the birds of the air and the animals
have fled and are gone.(A)
Footnotes
- 9.10 Gk Syr: Heb I will take up
Jeremiah 12:4
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4 How long will the land mourn
and the grass of every field wither?
For the wickedness of those who live in it,
the animals and the birds are swept away,
and because people said, “He is blind to our ways.”[a](A)
Footnotes
- 12.4 Gk: Heb to our future
Hosea 4:2
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2 Swearing, lying, and murder,
and stealing and adultery break out;
bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Hosea 4:3
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3 Therefore the land mourns,
and all who live in it languish;
together with the wild animals
and the birds of the air,
even the fish of the sea are perishing.(A)
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