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29 Because of these things shall I not punish?” declares[a] Yahweh,
    “and on a nation who is like this, shall I not take revenge?
30 A horrific event and something horrible has happened in the land.
31 The prophets prophesy falsely,[b]
    and the priests rule by their own authority,[c]
and my people love it[d] so much.
    But what will you do when the end comes?[e]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:29 Literally “a declaration of”
  2. Jeremiah 5:31 Literally “in the lie”
  3. Jeremiah 5:31 Literally “by their hands”
  4. Jeremiah 5:31 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation
  5. Jeremiah 5:31 Literally “to end her”