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Jeremiah 5:8-11
The Message
Jeremiah 5:8-11
The Message
7-9 “Why should I even bother with you any longer?
Your children wander off, leaving me,
Taking up with gods
that aren’t even gods.
I satisfied their deepest needs, and then they went off with the ‘sacred’ whores,
left me for orgies in sex shrines!
A bunch of well-groomed, lusty stallions,
each one pawing and snorting for his neighbor’s wife.
Do you think I’m going to stand around and do nothing?”
God’s Decree.
“Don’t you think I’ll take serious measures
against a people like this?
Eyes That Don’t Really Look, Ears That Don’t Really Listen
10-11 “Go down the rows of vineyards and rip out the vines,
but not all of them. Leave a few.
Prune back those vines!
That growth didn’t come from God!
They’ve betrayed me over and over again,
Judah and Israel both.”
God’s Decree.
Jeremiah 5:8-10
New International Version
Jeremiah 5:8-10
New International Version
8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions,
each neighing for another man’s wife.(A)
9 Should I not punish them for this?”(B)
declares the Lord.
“Should I not avenge(C) myself
on such a nation as this?
10 “Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
but do not destroy them completely.(D)
Strip off her branches,
for these people do not belong to the Lord.
The Message (MSG)
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