Jeremiah 5:25

Your iniquities have turned away these things, And your sins have withholden that which is good from you.

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In The King James Version

Your iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

In Context

24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear Jehovah our God, Who giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in its season, And secureth to us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

26For among my people are found wicked men, Who lie on the watch like fowlers; They set a trap that they may catch men.

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Cross References

Psalms 107:17The foolish, because of their transgressions, And because of their iniquities, were afflicted;

Isaiah 59:2But your iniquities have separated you from your God, And your sins have hidden his face from you, that he doth not hear.

Jeremiah 3:3And although the showers have been withholden, And there hath been no latter rain, Yet thou hast had a harlot's forehead; Thou hast refused to be ashamed.

Jeremiah 14:7Though our iniquities testify against us, Yet do thou, O Jehovah, act from a regard to thine own name. For our transgressions have been many; We have sinned against thee.

Lamentations 4:22Thy punishment is at an end, O daughter of Zion! no more will he carry thee into captivity; But thine iniquity will he punish, O daughter of Edom! he will uncover thy sins.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:21-25

Expostulation with Israel. ( b. c. 608.) 20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: 22 Fear ye not me? saith the Lord : will ye not tremble at my presence, which have placed the sand for the bound of the sea by a perpetual decree, that it cannot pass it: and though the waves thereof toss themselves, yet can they not prevail; though they roar, yet can they not pass… Read the whole commentary →

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