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Jeremiah 5:6

Contemporary English Version 1995

The people have rebelled and rejected the Lord too many times. So enemies will attack like lions from the forest or wolves from the desert. Those enemies will watch the towns of Judah, and like leopards they will tear to pieces whoever goes outside.

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Its officials are roaring lions, its judges are wolves; in the evening they attack, by morning nothing is left.

Their cavalry troops are faster than leopards, more ferocious than wolves hunting at sunset, and swifter than hungry eagles suddenly swooping down.

An army will come out, like a lion from its den. It will destroy nations and leave your towns empty and in ruins.”

Israel's officials are like ferocious wolves, ripping their victims apart. They make a dishonest living by injuring and killing people.

The beast I saw had the body of a leopard, the feet of a bear, and the mouth of a lion. The dragon handed over its own power and throne and great authority to this beast.

So I'll become a fierce lion attacking Israel and Judah. I'll snatch and carry off what I want, and no one can stop me.

The third beast was like a leopard—except that it had four wings and four heads. It was given authority to rule.

The first was like a lion with the wings of an eagle. As I watched, its wings were pulled off. Then it was lifted to an upright position and made to stand on two feet, just like a human, and it was given a human mind.

Oholibah didn't stop there, but became even more immoral and acted as she had back in Egypt.

where you disgraced yourself by having sex with anyone who walked by. And you did that more and more every day!

Enemies now rule the city and live as they please. The Lord has punished Jerusalem because of her awful sins; he has let her people be dragged away.

I, the Lord, will attack you like a lion from the forest, attacking sheep in a meadow along the Jordan. In a moment the flock runs, and the land is empty. Who will I choose to attack you? I will do it myself! No one can force me to fight or chase me away.

I won't calm down until I have finished what I have decided to do. Someday, you will understand what I mean.

Your friends have forgotten you; they don't care anymore. Even I have acted like an enemy. And because your sins are horrible and countless, I will be cruel as I punish you.

Like a lion leaving its den, the Lord has abandoned his people to the destruction of war.

We rejected you and did evil, so we deserve to be punished. But if you rescue us, Lord, everyone will see how great you are.

Your own sins will punish you, because it was a bitter mistake for you to reject me without fear of punishment. I, the Lord All-Powerful, have spoken.

It's all your own fault! You stopped following me, the Lord your God,

Enemies roared like lions and destroyed your land; towns lie burned and empty.

How often have we sinned and turned against you, the Lord God? Our sins condemn us! We have done wrong.

and you made the darkness, so the animals in the forest could come out at night.

Ezra the priest stood up and said: You have broken God's Law by marrying foreign women, and you have made the whole nation guilty!

and prayed: I am much too ashamed to face you, Lord God. Our sins and our guilt have swept over us like a flood that reaches up to the heavens.

Now you people of Reuben and Gad are doing the same thing and making the Lord even angrier.

Now the vine is gobbled up by pigs from the forest and other wild animals.

So why do you refuse to come back to me? Why do you hold so tightly to your false gods?

So don't bother to cry out for relief from your pain.

The people of Judah and even the priests who were their leaders became more unfaithful. They followed the disgusting example of the nations around them and made the Lord's holy temple unfit for worship.

No matter how hard I try, you keep hunting me down like a powerful lion.

Your leaders have rejected me to become friends of crooks; your rulers are looking for gifts and bribes. Widows and orphans never get a fair trial.

Now listen to what I say! Did I abandon you in the desert or surround you with darkness? You are my people, yet you have told me, “We'll do what we want, and we refuse to worship you!”

Storks, doves, swallows, and thrushes all know when it's time to fly away for the winter and when to come back. But you, my people, don't know what I demand.




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