Jeremiah 5:5 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

⁵ I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the  Lord, the justice of their God. However, these also had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ I will go to the great men and will speak to them, for they must know the way of the Lord, the judgment (the just and righteous law) of their God. But [I found the very reverse to be true] these had all alike broken the yoke [of God's law] and had burst the bonds [of obedience to Him].

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

⁵ Let me go and speak to the powerful people, for they will surely know the LORD’s way and the justice of their God. But they too have broken their yoke and shattered the chains.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Therefore, I will go to great men, and I will speak with them. For they have known the way of the Lord, the judgment of their God. And behold, these ones have broken the yoke all the more; they have torn apart the bonds.

Jeremiah 5:5 Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:14

All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the Lord’s temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

Exodus 32:25

Moses saw that the people were out of control, for Aaron had let them get out of control, making them a laughing-stock to their enemies.

Isaiah 1:23

Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love graft and chase after bribes. They do not defend the rights of the fatherless, and the widow’s case never comes before them.

Jeremiah 2:20

For long ago I   broke your yoke; I  tore off your chains. You insisted, ‘I will not serve! ’ On every high hill and under every green tree you lay down like a prostitute.

Jeremiah 2:31

Evil generation, pay attention to the word of the  Lord! Have I been a wilderness to Israel or a land of dense darkness? Why do my people claim, ‘We will go where we want; we will no longer come to you’?

Jeremiah 30:14

All your lovers have forgotten you; they no longer look for you, for I have struck you as an enemy would, with the discipline  of someone cruel, because of your enormous guilt and your innumerable sins.

Jeremiah 6:13

For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 8:7

Even storks in the sky know their seasons. Turtledoves, swallows, and cranes are aware of their migration, but my people do not know the requirements of the  Lord.

Jeremiah 9:3

They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the  Lord’s declaration.

Ezekiel 11:2

The Lord   said to me, ‘Son of man, these are the men who plot evil  and give wicked advice in this city.

Amos 4:1

Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who are on the hill of Samaria, women who oppress the poor and crush the needy, who say to their husbands, ‘Bring us something to drink.’

Amos 6:1

Woe to those who are at ease in Zion and to those who feel secure on the hill of Samaria – the notable people in this first of the nations, those the house of Israel comes to.

Micah 3:11

Her leaders issue rulings for a bribe, her priests teach for payment, and her prophets practise divination for silver. Yet they lean on the  Lord, saying, ‘Isn’t the Lord   among us? No disaster will overtake us.’

Malachi 2:7

For the lips of a priest should guard knowledge, and people should desire instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the Lord of Armies.

Luke 18:24

Seeing that he became sad,  Jesus said, ‘How hard it is for those who have wealth to enter the kingdom of God!

Luke 19:14

‘But his subjects hated him and sent a delegation after him, saying, “We don’t want this man to rule over us.”