Jeremiah 5:10
“Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.”
They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.
Shall I not visit for these things? saith the Lord: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?
Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.
They have belied the Lord, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
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