Self-interpreting Bible

1 RUN ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, ^aif ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it.

• a: Eze. 22:30 , Mi. 7:1 , Mi. 7:2 , Ps. 14:3 , Ps. 58:1 , Ps. 58:2 , Ge. 18:23 - 32

2 And ^bthough they say, The LORD liveth; surely they swear falsely.

• b: Je. 4:2 , Is. 29:13 , 2Ti. 3:5 , Tit. 1:16 , Je. 5:7 , Je. 7:9 , Ho. 4:15

3 O LORD, are ^cnot thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast ^dstricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but ^ethey have refused to receive correction: ^fthey have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

• c: 2Ch. 16:9 , Ps. 51:6 , Ps. 11:5 , Ps. 11:7 , Is. 26:7
• d: Is. 1:5 , Is. 1:6 , Is. 9:13 , Is. 42:25 , Je. 2:30 , Je. 7:24 - 28 , Pr. 23:35 , Zep. 3:1 , Zep. 3:2 , Zep. 3:5 , Zep. 3:7 , 2Ch. 28:22 , Is. 48:4 , Zec. 7:11 , Zec. 7:12 , Pr. 21:29 , Ho. 11:2 , Ho. 11:7 , Am. 4:6 , Am. 4:8 - 11
• e: He. 12:9
• f: Is. 50:7 , Eze. 3:8 , Eze. 3:9

4 Therefore I said, ^gSurely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the judgment of their God.

• g: Ho. 4:1 , Ho. 4:6 , Is. 27:11 , Je. 4:22 , Je. 8:5 - 9 , Je. 6:9 , Je. 6:10 , Je. 42:19 , Je. 42:20

5 I will get me unto ^hthe great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of the LORD, and the judgment of their God: but these ⁱhave altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.

• h: Mi. 3:1 , Am. 4:1
• i: Je. 6:13 , Ps. 2:3 , La. 3:27 , Mat. 11:29

6 Wherefore ^ja lion out of the forest shall slay them, and ^ka wolf of the ¹evenings shall spoil them, a ^lleopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth out thence shall be torn in pieces: ^mbecause their transgressions are many, and their backslidings ²are increased.

• j: Je. 4:7
• k: Eze. 22:27 , Hab. 1:8 , Zep. 3:3
• 1: Or, deserts.
• l: Ho. 13:7
• m: Je. 2:17 , Je. 2:19 , Je. 6:19 , Je. 9:12 - 16 , Is. 3:11 , Je. 4:18 , Je. 16:10 , Je. 19:4 , Je. 19:5 , Ezekiel 16 , Ezekiel 20 , Ezekiel 23
• 2: Heb. are strong.

7 ¶ⁿHow shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and ^osworn ^pby them that are no gods: when ^qI had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.

• n: Je. 5:9 , Je. 5:29 , Je. 9:9 , Je. 2:17 , Je. 2:19 , 2Ki. 24:4 , He. 10:26 - 31
• o: Jos. 23:7 , Zep. 1:5 , De. 32:21 , Ps. 16:4
• p: 2Ch. 13:9
• q: De. 32:15 , Is. 26:18 , Ho. 4:7 , Ho. 4:12 , Ho. 4:14 , Ho. 13:6 , Ja. 5:5 , Nu. 25:1 , Nu. 25:2 , Eze. 16:49 , Pr. 23:31 , Pr. 23:33

8 They ^rwere as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour's wife.

• r: Eze. 22:10 , Eze. 22:11 , Eze. 23:20 , Ps. 119:70 , 2Pe. 2:14 , Ho. 7:4 - 7 , Je. 13:27 , Job 31:9

9 ^sShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: and shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

• s: Je. 5:7 , Je. 5:29 , Je. 9:9 , Je. 44:22 , Is. 1:24 , Eze. 5:13

10 ¶^tGo ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but ^umake not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the ^vLORD's.

• t: Ps. 127:1 , Ps. 127:2 , Je. 6:3 - 6 , Je. 39:8
• u: Je. 4:27 , Je. 30:11 , Je. 46:28 , Is. 1:9 , Is. 24:13 , Eze. 12:16
• v: Nu. 10:9 , Nu. 14:9 , Ps. 78:61 , Ps. 78:62

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

• w: Je. 3:20 , Is. 21:2 , Is. 24:5

12 They ^xhave belied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:

• x: 1Jn. 5:10 , 2Ch. 36:16 , Is. 28:15 , Je. 14:13 , Je. 14:14 , Je. 23:16 , Je. 23:17 , Je. 23:32 , Je. 28:7 , Eze. 12:22 - 28 , Eze. 13:1 - 23 , La. 2:14 , Je. 4:10

13 And ^ythe prophets shall become wind, and the word is not in them: thus shall it be done unto them.

• y: Je. 14:13 - 15 , Je. 22:22 , Je. 23:9 - 32 , Je. 28:15 - 17 , Je. 29:20 - 32 , Ezekiel 13 , Ho. 9:7 , Ho. 9:8 , Mi. 2:11 , Mi. 3:11

14 Wherefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, Because ye speak this word, ^zbehold, I will make my words in thy mouth fire, and this people wood, and it shall devour them.

• z: Je. 20:9 , Je. 20:11 , Je. 1:9 , Je. 23:29 , Je. 43:2 , Ho. 6:5 , Zec. 1:6 , Re. 11:5 , Re. 11:6

15 Lo, ^aI will bring a nation upon you from far, O ^bhouse of Israel, saith the LORD: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.

• a: De. 28:49 , Je. 1:15 , Je. 6:22 , Je. 25:9 , Is. 28:11 , Is. 33:19 , Is. 39:3 , Is. 39:6 , Is. 39:7 , Is. 5:26 - 30 , Hab. 1:5 - 10 , Am. 6:14
• b: Je. 6:9 , Je. 9:26 , Je. 10:1 , Eze. 13:5 , Eze. 18:31

16 Their ^cquiver is as an open sepulchre, they are all mighty men.

• c: Is. 5:28 , 2Ch. 36:16

17 And ^dthey shall eat up thine harvest, and thy bread, which thy sons and thy daughters should eat: they shall eat up thy flocks and thine herds: they shall eat up thy vines and thy fig trees: they shall impoverish thy fenced cities, wherein thou trustedst, with the sword.

• d: Le. 26:16 , De. 28:31 , De. 28:33 , De. 28:51 , Is. 62:8

18 Nevertheless in those days, saith the LORD, I ^ewill not make a full end with you.

• e: Je. 5:10 , Je. 4:27 , Is. 1:7 , Is. 10:20 - 22 , Is. 24:13 , Eze. 11:13 , Eze. 12:16 , Ro. 11:5

19 ¶And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, ^fWherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, ^gLike as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so ^hshall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours.

• f: Je. 13:22 , Je. 22:9 , Je. 16:10 , Mal. 2:17 , De. 29:24 - 28 , 1Ki. 9:8 , 1Ki. 9:9
• g: De. 28:47 , De. 28:48 , De. 29:25 - 28 , De. 4:25 - 28 , La. 5:8 , Je. 1:16 , Je. 25:11 , Je. 27:7 , Lu. 21:24
• h: De. 28:68

20 Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

21 Hear now this, ⁱO foolish people, and without ³understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:

• i: Je. 4:22 , Je. 8:7 , Is. 1:3 , Is. 42:19 , Is. 42:20 , Is. 27:11 , Is. 6:9 , Is. 44:18 , Mat. 13:14 , Jn. 12:40 , Ac. 28:16 , Ro. 11:8 , Eze. 12:2
• 3: Heb. heart, Ho. 7.11. , Ho. 7:11

22 ^jFear ye not me? saith the LORD: ^kwill ye not tremble at my presence, which ^lhave 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 over it?

• j: Je. 10:7 , Re. 15:4 , De. 28:58 , Job 37:1 , Ps. 119:120 , Mal. 3:5
• k: Ps. 99:1
• l: Job 38:10 , Job 38:11 , Job 26:10 , Job 9:8 , Ps. 104:9 , Ps. 33:7 , Pr. 8:29 , Ps. 89:9 , Ps. 93:3 , Ps. 93:4 , Ps. 29:10 , Is. 50:2 , Na. 1:4

23 But ^mthis people hath a revolting and a rebellious heart; they are revolted and gone.

• m: Ho. 4:8 , Is. 57:20 , Is. 31:6 , Is. 31:7 , Je. 17:9 , Je. 5:3 , Je. 5:5 , Je. 5:26 - 31 , Je. 2:13

24 Neither ⁿsay they in their heart, ^oLet us now fear the LORD our God, ^pthat giveth rain, both the former and ^qthe latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the ^rappointed weeks of the harvest.

• n: Je. 4:22 , Is. 1:3 , Is. 64:7
• o: Ho. 3:5 , Tit. 2:11 , Tit. 2:12 , Ro. 2:4 , Ro. 2:5
• p: Je. 14:22 , Ps. 147:8 , Ac. 14:17 , Mat. 5:45 , Am. 4:7 , Zec. 10:1 , De. 11:13 , De. 11:14 , De. 28:12 , 2:23
• q: Job 29:23
• r: Ge. 8:22

25 ¶^sYour iniquities have turned away these things, and your sins have withholden good things from you.

• s: Je. 3:3 , Ps. 107:17 , Ps. 107:34 , Is. 59:1 , Is. 59:2 , La. 3:39

26 For among my people are found wicked men: ^tthey ⁴lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

• t: Pr. 1:17 , Pr. 1:18 , 1Ki. 21:9 , 1Ki. 21:10 , Ps. 10:8 , Ps. 10:9 , 1Sa. 18:21 , 1Sa. 18:25 , 1Sa. 19:1 , 1Sa. 19:11 , 1Sa. 19:20
• 4: Or, pry as fowlers lie in wait.

27 As a ⁵cage is full of birds, so are their houses full of ^udeceit: therefore they are become great, and waxen rich.

• 5: Or, coop, Re. 18.2. , Re. 18:2
• u: Pr. 1:11 - 13 , Mi. 6:10 - 12 , Na. 2:12 , Ho. 12:7 , Ho. 12:8 , Am. 8:4 - 6

28 They ^vare waxen fat, they shine: yea, they ^woverpass the deeds of the wicked: ^xthey judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they ^yprosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

• v: Am. 4:1 , De. 32:15 , Ps. 119:70 , Job 15:27 , Ep. 4:18 , Ja. 5:5 , Je. 5:8
• w: Eze. 16:47 - 52 , Eze. 5:6 , Eze. 5:7 , 1Co. 5:1
• x: Je. 7:6 , Je. 22:15 - 19 , Is. 1:23 , Zec. 7:10
• y: Ps. 73:5 , Ps. 73:12 , Je. 12:1 , Je. 12:2 , Job 12:6 , Hab. 1:3 , Hab. 1:4

29 ^zShall I not visit for these things? saith the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

• z: Je. 5:9 , Je. 9:9 , Mal. 3:5 , Ja. 5:4

30 ¶⁶A ^awonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

• 6: Or, Astonishment and filthiness.
• a: Je. 2:12 , Je. 23:14 , Is. 1:2 , Ezekiel 16 , Ezekiel 23

31 The ^bprophets prophesy falsely, and the priests ⁷bear rule by their means; and my people ^clove to have it so: and ^dwhat will ye do in the end thereof?

• b: Je. 14:14 , Je. 23:25 , Je. 23:26 , Eze. 13:2 , Eze. 13:6 , Ho. 6:10 , Mi. 3:11 , La. 2:14
• 7: Or, take into their hands.
• c: Mi. 2:6 , Mi. 2:11 , Is. 30:10 , 2Th. 2:9 , 2Th. 2:12 , 2Ti. 4:3 , 2Ti. 4:4
• d: De. 32:29 , La. 1:9 , Is. 10:3 , Is. 33:14 , Is. 20:6 , Mi. 3:11 , Mi. 3:12 , Eze. 22:14 , Je. 22:22 , Je. 22:23