Yeremia 5:23-25

5:23 But these people have stubborn and rebellious hearts.

They have turned aside and gone their own way. ¹ 

5:24 They do not say to themselves, ² 

“Let us revere the Lord our God.

It is he who gives us the autumn rains and the spring rains at the proper time.

It is he who assures us of the regular weeks of harvest.” ³ 

5:25 Your misdeeds have stopped these things from coming. ⁴ 

Your sins have deprived you of my bounty.’ ⁵ 

[5:23]  ¹ tn The words, “their own way” are not in the text but are implicit and are supplied in the translation for clarity.

[5:24]  ² tn Heb “say in their hearts.”

[5:24]  ³ tn Heb “who keeps for us the weeks appointed for harvest.”

[5:25]  ⁴ tn Heb “have turned these things away.”

[5:25]  ⁵ tn Heb “have withheld the good from you.”