5 “Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the LORD. I will not destroy the city. 2 But even when they are under oath, they are still telling lies!” 3 LORD, you are searching for honesty. they have refused to repent. 4 Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor? They don’t understand God’s laws. 5 So I will go and speak to their leaders. and broken his chains. 6 So now a lion from the forest will attack them; and their sins are many. 7 “How can I pardon you? and lining up at the brothels. 8 They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing for his neighbor’s wife. 9 Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nation? 10 “Go down the rows of the vineyards and destroy the grapevines, for these people do not belong to the LORD. 11 The people of Israel and Judah says the LORD. 12 “They have lied about the LORD There will be no war or famine. 13 God’s prophets are all windbags Let their predictions of disaster fall on themselves!’” 14 Therefore, this is what the LORD God of Heaven’s Armies says: and burn the people like kindling wood. 15 O Israel, I will bring a distant nation against you,” whose speech you cannot understand. 16 Their weapons are deadly; their warriors are mighty. 17 They will devour the food of your harvest; which you think are so safe. 18 “Yet even in those days I will not blot you out completely,” says the LORD. 19 “And when your people ask, ‘Why did the LORD our God do all this to us?’ you must reply, ‘You rejected him and gave yourselves to foreign gods in your own land. Now you will serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.’ 20 “Make this announcement to Israel, and say this to Judah: 21 Listen, you foolish and senseless people, and ears that do not hear. 22 Have you no respect for me? but they can never pass the boundaries I set. 23 But my people have stubborn and rebellious hearts. They have turned away and abandoned me. 24 They do not say from the heart, assuring us of a harvest when the time is right.’ 25 Your wickedness has deprived you of these wonderful blessings. Your sin has robbed you of all these good things. 26 “Among my people are wicked men to catch people. 27 Like a cage filled with birds, And now they are great and rich. 28 They are fat and sleek, and deny the rights of the poor. 29 Should I not punish them for this?” says the LORD. “Should I not avenge myself against such a nation? 30 A horrible and shocking thing has happened in this land— 31 the prophets give false prophecies, But what will you do when the end comes?