{"collection":"Hypertext Bible","full_text_available":false,"graph_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/api/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_vul_jer005_htm/graph","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/v2/page/sacred_texts_v1_bib_vul_jer005_htm","id":"sacred_texts_v1_bib_vul_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/vul/jer005.htm","summary":"This is Chapter 5 of the Book of Jeremiah in the Latin Vulgate Bible, a prophetic text from the Hebrew scriptural tradition. The chapter presents God's indictment of Jerusalem and Judah for their pervasive moral and religious corruption: even after searching the city, no one practicing justice or seeking faithfulness can be found, whether among the poor or the powerful. God announces that this faithlessness \u2014 false oaths, idolatry, sexual immorality, exploitation of widows and the poor, and prophets who speak lies \u2014 will bring devastating military judgment in the form of a fierce foreign nation that will devour Israel's crops, children, and fortified cities. A notably recurring rhetorical move is God's refrain \"shall I not punish them for these things?\", framing the coming destruction as proportionate and unavoidable. The chapter is distinctive for its satirical social critique, indicting every class \u2014 commoners, nobles, priests, and prophets alike \u2014 as equally corrupt, culminating in the damning final question: \"the prophets prophesy falsely, the priests applaud them, and my people love it \u2014 what will happen to them in the end?\"","tags":[],"text":null,"title":"Vulgate: Jeremiah: Jeremiah Chapter 5","tradition":"Hypertext Bible","translated_text":null,"word_count":616}