Jeremiah 5:10-12

Good News Translation

¹⁰I will send enemies to cut down my people's vineyards,
    but not to destroy them completely.
I will tell them to strip away the branches,
    because those branches are not mine.
¹¹The people of Israel and Judah
    have betrayed me completely.
I, the Lord, have spoken.”

The Lord Rejects Israel

¹²The Lord's people have denied him and have said, “He won't really do anything.^[a] We won't have hard times; we won't have war or famine.”

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Footnotes

Jeremiah 5:12 He won't … anything; or We don't want anything to do with him.

Jeremiah 5:10-12

New International Version

¹⁰“Go through her vineyards and ravage them,
    but do not destroy them completely.^(A)
Strip off her branches,
    for these people do not belong to the Lord.
¹¹The people of Israel and the people of Judah
    have been utterly unfaithful^(B) to me,”
declares the Lord.