{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_jps_jer005_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_jps_jer005_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_jps_jer005_htm","license":"unknown_pending_legal_review","rights_basis":"sacred_texts_v1_preview_gate_primary_text_only; acquisition-method/ToS and compilation-copyright questions still open, not resolved by this gate","source":"sacred_texts_v1","source_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/jps/jer005.htm","summary":"This is a passage from the biblical book of Jeremiah (chapter 5), a Hebrew prophetic text in the tradition of the classical Israelite prophets. The prophet delivers a divine indictment of Jerusalem and Judah, charging that no righteous person can be found in the city \u2014 not among the poor and ignorant, nor among the educated elite \u2014 because all have abandoned covenant faithfulness to God. The passage catalogs specific sins: false oaths, sexual immorality, religious apostasy, and economic exploitation of the poor and fatherless by a wealthy ruling class. A central and distinctive claim is that judgment will come through a foreign military power (\"a nation from far\") whose invasion God frames as a direct consequence and proportional response to Israel's betrayal. The text also indicts the religious establishment itself \u2014 prophets who speak falsehood and priests who collude with them \u2014 while the people are condemned for preferring comfortable lies over truth. The passage ends on a chilling note: the corruption is systemic and self-reinforcing, leaving the reader with the question of what possible future remains for such a society.","tags":["Book of Chronicles","Hebrew Bible Translation","Jewish Publication Society Bible"],"text":null,"title":"Jewish Publication Society Bible: Jeremiah 5","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":903}