Jer 2:19, 28-30, 5:6-9, 25-31, 6:6-7, 13, 7:8-11, 9:1-9, 11:13, 30:14 | ESV | STEP | Your evil will chastise you, and your apostasy will reprove you. Know and see that it is evil and bitter for you to forsake the Lord your God ; the fear of me is not in you, declares the Lord God of hosts .

19 ^aYour evil will chastise you,
and ^byour apostasy will reprove you.
Know and see that it is evil and ^cbitter
for ^dyou to forsake the Lord your God;
the fear of me is not in you,

declares the Lord God of hosts.

Jeremiah 2:28-30

28 But ^ewhere are your gods
that you made for yourself?
Let them arise, ^fif they can save you,
in your time of trouble;
for ^gas many as your cities
are your gods, O Judah.
29 “Why do you contend with me?
You have all transgressed against me,

declares the Lord.
30 In vain have I ^hstruck your children;
they took no correction;
ⁱyour own sword devoured your prophets
like a ravening lion.

Jeremiah 5:6-9

6 Therefore ^ja lion from the forest shall strike them down;
a ^kwolf from the desert shall devastate them.
^lA leopard is watching their cities;
everyone who goes out of them shall be torn in pieces,
because their transgressions are many,
their ^mapostasies are great.
7 ⁿ“How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
^oand have sworn by those who are no gods.
^pWhen I fed them to the full,
^qthey committed adultery
^rand trooped to the houses of whores.
8 They were well-fed, lusty stallions,
^seach neighing ^tfor his neighbor’s wife.
9 ^uShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord;
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?

Jeremiah 5:25-31

25 ^vYour iniquities have turned these away,
and your sins have kept good from you.
26 For wicked men are found among my people;
^wthey lurk like fowlers lying in wait. ^{▼▼The meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain}
^yThey set a trap;
they catch men.
27 Like a cage full of birds,
their houses are full of deceit;
therefore they have become great and rich;
28 ^zthey have grown fat and sleek.
They know no bounds in deeds of evil;
^aathey judge not with justice
the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper,
and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
29 ^abShall I not punish them for these things?

declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?”
30 An appalling and ^achorrible thing
has happened in the land:
31 ^adthe prophets prophesy falsely,
and the priests rule at their direction;
^aemy people love to have it so,
but what will you do when the end comes?

Jeremiah 6:6-7

6 For thus says the Lord of hosts:
^af“Cut down her trees;
^agcast up a siege mound against Jerusalem.
This is the city that must be ^ahpunished;
there is nothing but oppression within her.
7 ^aiAs a well keeps its water fresh,
so she keeps fresh her evil;
^ajviolence and destruction are heard within her;
sickness and wounds are ever before me.

Jeremiah 6:13

13 ^ak“For from the least to the greatest of them,
everyone ^alis greedy for unjust gain;
and from ^amprophet to priest,
everyone deals falsely.

Jeremiah 7:8-11

8 “Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail. 9 ^anWill you steal, murder, commit adultery, ^aoswear falsely, ^apmake offerings to Baal, ^aqand go after other gods that you have not known, 10 and then come and stand before me in this house, ^arwhich is called by my name, and say, ‘We are delivered!’—only to go on doing all these abominations? 11 ^asHas this house, ^atwhich is called by my name, ^aubecome a den of robbers in your eyes? Behold, I myself have seen it, declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 9:1-9

1 ^{▼▼Ch 8:23 in Hebrew} ^awOh that my head were waters,
and my eyes a fountain of tears,
that I might weep day and night
for the slain of ^axthe daughter of my people!
2 ^{▼▼Ch 9:1 in Hebrew} Oh that I had in the desert
a travelers’ lodging place,
that I might leave my people
and go away from them!
For they are all ^azadulterers,
a company of ^batreacherous men.
3 ^bbThey bend their tongue like a bow;
falsehood and not truth has grown strong ^{▼▼Septuagint; Hebrew and not for truth they have grown strong} in the land;
for they proceed from evil to evil,
^bdand they do not know me, declares the Lord.
4 ^beLet everyone beware of his neighbor,
and put no trust in any brother,
for every ^bfbrother is a deceiver,
and every neighbor ^bggoes about as a slanderer.
5 Everyone deceives his neighbor,
and no one speaks the truth;
they have taught their tongue to speak lies;
they weary themselves committing iniquity.
6 Heaping oppression upon oppression, and deceit upon deceit,
^bhthey refuse to know me, declares the Lord.
7 Therefore thus says the Lord of hosts:
“Behold, ^biI will refine them and ^bjtest them,
for what else can I do, ^bkbecause of my people?
8 ^blTheir tongue is a deadly arrow;
^bmit speaks deceitfully;
with his mouth ^bneach speaks peace to his neighbor,
but in his heart ^bohe plans an ambush for him.
9 ^bpShall I not punish them for these things? declares the Lord,
and shall I not avenge myself
on a nation such as this?

Jeremiah 11:13

13 ^bqFor your gods have become as many as your cities, O Judah, and as many as the streets of Jerusalem are the altars you have set up to shame, ^braltars to make offerings to Baal.

Jeremiah 30:14

14 ^bsAll your lovers have forgotten you;
they care nothing for you;
for I have dealt you the blow of ^btan enemy,
the punishment ^buof a merciless foe,
because your guilt is great,
^bvbecause your sins are flagrant.