And (A)although they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’
Certainly they swear falsely.”
Lord, do (B)Your eyes not look for honesty?
You have (C)struck them,
But they did not [a]weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they (D)refused to accept discipline.
They have (E)made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they (F)do not know the way of the Lord
Or the judgment of their God.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:3 Or become sick

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