American Standard Version - King James Version

 5:1 ¶ 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 any that doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.

 5:1 ¶ 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° [any] that executeth°° judgment,° that seeketh°° the truth;° and I will pardon°° it.

 5:2 And though they say, As Jehovah liveth; surely they swear falsely.

 5:2 And though° they say,°° The LORD° liveth;° surely° they swear°° falsely.°

 5:3 O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

 5:3 O LORD,° [are] not° thine eyes° upon the truth?° thou hast stricken°° them, but they have not° grieved;°° thou hast consumed°° them, [but] they have refused°° to receive°° correction:° they have made their faces° harder°° than a rock;°° they have refused°° to return.°°

 5:4 Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, nor the law of their God:

 5:4 Therefore I° said,°° Surely° these° [are] poor;° they are foolish:°° for° they know°° not° the way° of the LORD,° [nor] the judgment° of their God.°

 5:5 I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they know the way of Jehovah, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

 5:5 I will get°°° me unto° the great men,° and will speak°° unto° them; for° they° have known°° the way° of the LORD,° [and] the judgment° of their God:° but° these° have altogether° broken°° the yoke,° [and] burst°° the bonds.°

 5:6 Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, a wolf of the evenings shall destroy them, a leopard shall watch against their cities; every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces; because their transgressions are many, [and] their backslidings are increased.

 5:6 Wherefore°° a lion° out of the forest°° shall slay°° them, [and] 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,°° [and] their backslidings° are increased.°°

 5:7 ¶ How can I pardon thee? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they committed adultery, and assembled themselves in troops at the harlots' houses.

 5:7 ¶ How° shall I pardon°° thee for this?° thy children° have forsaken°° me, and sworn°° by [them that are] no° gods:° when I had fed them to the full,°°°° they then committed adultery,°° and assembled themselves° by troops°° in the harlots'°° houses.°

 5:8 They were as fed horses roaming at large; every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.

 5:8 They were° [as] fed°° horses° in the morning:°° every one° neighed°° after° his neighbour's° wife.°

 5:9 Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

 5:9 Shall I not° visit°° for° these° [things]? saith°° the LORD:° and° shall not° my soul° be avenged°° on such° a nation° as this?°

 5:10 ¶ Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her branches; for they are not Jehovah's.

 5:10 ¶ Go ye up°° upon her walls,° and destroy;°° but make°° not° a full end:° take away°° her battlements;° for° they° [are] not° the LORD'S.°

 5:11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith Jehovah.

 5:11 For° the house° of Israel° and the house° of Judah° have dealt very°° treacherously°° against me, saith°° the LORD.°

 5:12 They have denied Jehovah, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

 5:12 They have belied°° the LORD,° and said,°° [It is] not° he;° neither° shall evil° come°° upon° us; neither° shall we see°° sword° nor famine:°

 5:13 and the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

 5:13 And the prophets° shall become° wind,° and the word°°° [is] not° in them: thus° shall it be done°° unto them.

 5:14 Wherefore thus saith Jehovah, the 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.

 5:14 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.

 5:15 Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith Jehovah: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

 5:15 Lo,° I will bring°° a nation° upon° you from far,°° O house° of Israel,° saith°° the LORD:° it° [is] a mighty° nation,° it° [is] an ancient°° nation,° a nation° whose language° thou knowest°° not,° neither° understandest°° what° they say.°°

 5:16 Their quiver is an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

 5:16 Their quiver° [is] as an open°° sepulchre,° they [are] all° mighty men.°

 5:17 And they shall eat up thy harvest, and thy bread, [which] thy sons and thy daughters should eat; they shall eat up thy flocks and thy herds; they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig-trees; they shall beat down thy fortified cities, wherein thou trustest, with the sword.

 5:17 And they shall eat up°° thine harvest,° and thy bread,° [which] 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.°

 5:18 But even in those days, saith Jehovah, I will not make a full end with you.

 5:18 Nevertheless° in those° days,° saith°° the LORD,° I will not° make°° a full end° with° you.

 5:19 ¶ And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah our God done all these things unto us? then shalt thou say unto them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served foreign gods in your land, so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

 5:19 ¶ And it shall come to pass,° when° ye shall say,°° Wherefore°° doeth°° the LORD° our God°° all° these° [things] 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° [that is] not° yours.

 5:20 Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

 5:20 Declare°° this° in the house° of Jacob,° and publish°° it in Judah,° saying,°°

 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; that have eyes, and see not; that have ears, and hear not:

 5:21 Hear°° now° this,° O foolish° people,° and without° understanding;° which have eyes,° and see°° not;° which have ears,° and hear°° not:°

 5:22 Fear ye not me? saith Jehovah: will ye not tremble at my presence, who have placed the sand for 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.

 5:22 Fear°° ye not° me? saith°° the LORD:° will ye not° tremble°° at my presence,°° which° have placed°° the sand° [for] 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?

 5:23 But this people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

 5:23 But this° people° hath° a revolting°° and a rebellious°° heart;° they are revolted°° and gone.°°°

 5:24 Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season; that preserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

 5:24 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.°

 5:25 ¶ Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good from you.

 5:25 ¶ Your iniquities° have turned away°° these° [things], and your sins° have withholden°° good° [things] from° you.

 5:26 For among my people are found wicked men: they watch, as fowlers lie in wait; they set a trap, they catch men.

 5:26 For° among my people° are found°° wicked° [men]: they lay wait,°° as he that setteth°° snares;° they set°° a trap,° they catch°° men.°°

 5:27 As a cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of deceit: therefore they are become great, and waxed rich.

 5:27 As a cage° is full° of birds,° so° [are] their houses° full° of deceit:° therefore°° they are become great,°° and waxen rich.°°

 5:28 They are waxed fat, they shine: yea, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they plead not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

 5:28 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.°°

 5:29 Shall I not visit for these things? saith Jehovah; shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

 5:29 Shall I not° visit°° for° these° [things]? saith°° the LORD:° shall not° my soul° be avenged°° on such° a nation° as this?°

 5:30 ¶ A wonderful and horrible thing is come to pass in the land:

 5:30 ¶ A wonderful° and horrible thing° is committed°° in the land;°

 5:31 the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

 5:31 The prophets° prophesy°° falsely,° and the priests° bear rule°° by° their means;° and my people° love°° [to have it] so:° and what° will ye do°° in the end° thereof?