Jer 5:5 | NET2full | STEP | I will go to the leaders and speak with them. Surely they know what the Lord demands . Surely they know what their God requires of them.” Yet all of them , too, have rejected his authority and refuse to submit to him.

‏ Jeremiah 5:5

5 I will go to the leaders ^{▼▼tn Or “people in power”; Heb “the great ones.”}
and speak with them.
Surely they know what the Lord demands. ^{▼▼tn Heb “the way of the Lord.”}
Surely they know what their God requires of them.” ^{▼▼tn Heb “the judgment [or ordinance] of their God.”}
Yet all of them, too, have rejected his authority
and refuse to submit to him. ^{▼▼tn Heb “have broken the yoke and torn off the yoke ropes.” Cf. Jer 2:20 and the note there.}