Jeremiah 5:20
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New International Version (©2011)
"Announce this to the descendants of Jacob and proclaim it in Judah:

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Make this announcement to Israel, and say this to Judah:

English Standard Version (©2001)
Declare this in the house of Jacob; proclaim it in Judah:

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Declare this in the house of Jacob And proclaim it in Judah, saying,

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
"Declare this in the house of Jacob; proclaim it in Judah, saying:

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Declare this to the descendants of Jacob, and proclaim it in Judah:

NET Bible (©2006)
"Proclaim this message among the descendants of Jacob. Make it known throughout Judah.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Tell this to the descendants of Jacob, and make this heard in Judah:

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

American King James Version
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

American Standard Version
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Douay-Rheims Bible
Declare ye this to the house of Jacob, and publish it in Juda, saying:

Darby Bible Translation
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

English Revised Version
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Webster's Bible Translation
Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

World English Bible
"Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying,

Young's Literal Translation
Declare ye this in the house of Jacob, And sound ye it in Judah, saying,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

5:19-31 Unhumbled hearts are ready to charge God with being unjust in their afflictions. But they may read their sin in their punishment. If men will inquire wherefore the Lord doeth hard things unto them, let them think of their sins. The restless waves obeyed the Divine decree, that they should not pass the sandy shores, which were as much a restraint as lofty mountains; but they burst all restraints of God's law, and were wholly gone into wickedness. Neither did they consider their interest. While the Lord, year after year, reserves to us the appointed weeks of harvest, men live on his bounty; yet they transgress against him. Sin deprives us of God's blessings; it makes the heaven as brass, and the earth as iron. Certainly the things of this world are not the best things; and we are not to think, that, because evil men prosper, God allows their practices. Though sentence against evil works is not executed speedily, it will be executed. Shall I not visit for these things? This speaks the certainty and the necessity of God's judgments. Let those who walk in bad ways consider that an end will come, and there will be bitterness in the latter end.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Declare this in the house of Jacob,.... That a mighty nation should come and destroy them, and they should be servants in a strange land; or rather the words seem to be an order to declare war against the Jews, and even in their own land; and do not seem to be addressed to the prophet, but to others, seeing the words are in the plural number; see Jeremiah 4:5,

and publish it in Judah: the house of Jacob and Judah are the same, namely, the two tribes of Benjamin and Judah; for, as for the ten tribes, as observed on Jeremiah 5:15, they had been carried captive before this time:

saying: as follows:

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Judgment Proclaimed
…19And it shall come to pass, when you shall say, Why does the LORD our God all these things to us? then shall you answer them, Like as you have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall you serve strangers in a land that is not yours. 20Declare this in the house of Jacob, and publish it in Judah, saying, 21Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: …

Jeremiah 5:19 And when the people ask, 'Why has the LORD our God done all this to us?' you will tell them, 'As you have forsaken me and served foreign gods in your own land, so now you will serve foreigners in a land not your own.'
Jeremiah 5:21 Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see, who have ears but do not hear: