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19 When the people[a] ask, ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you are to say to them, ‘Just as you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your land, so you will serve strangers in a land that is not yours.’”

The Lord Warns a Stubborn People

20 “Declare this to the descendants[b] of Jacob,
    and proclaim it in Judah:
21 ‘Hear this, you foolish and stupid people:
    They have eyes, but don’t see;
        they have ears, but don’t hear.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:19 Lit. they
  2. Jeremiah 5:20 Or family

19 And when the people ask,(A) ‘Why has the Lord our God done all this to us?’ you will tell them, ‘As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods(B) in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners(C) in a land not your own.’

20 “Announce this to the descendants of Jacob
    and proclaim(D) it in Judah:
21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,(E)
    who have eyes(F) but do not see,
    who have ears but do not hear:(G)

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