Jeremiah 5:11

For the people of Israel and the people of Judah have been very false to me, says the Lord.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the LORD.

In Context

10Go up against her vines and make waste; let the destruction be complete: take away her branches, for they are not the Lord's.

12They would have nothing to do with the Lord, saying, He will do nothing, and no evil will come to us; we will not see the sword or be short of food:

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Cross References

Isaiah 48:8Truly you had no word of them, no knowledge of them; no news of them in the past had come to your ears; because I saw how false was your behaviour, and that your heart was turned against me from your earliest days.

Jeremiah 3:20Truly, as a wife is false to her husband, so have you been false to me, O Israel, says the Lord.

Hosea 6:7But like a man, they have gone against the agreement; there they were false to me.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:11-20

Divine Judgments Threatened; Divine Judgments Vindicated. ( b. c. 608.) 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. 11 For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord . 12 They have belied the Lord , and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine: 13 And the prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be… Read the whole commentary →

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