1Run around the streets of Jerusalem, check it out, and see if you can find anyone who’s actually real and seeking the truth; I’ll totally let it slide.

2They’re out here saying, "The Lord’s alive," but we know that’s cap.

3Yo Lord, aren’t you peeping the truth? You’ve hit them up, but they didn’t even flinch; you’ve taken them down, but they won’t listen: their faces are harder than stone; they won’t come back.

4So I’m like, for real, these people are broke and dumb: they don’t even know how the Lord rolls or what’s right with their God.

5I’m gonna hit up the big shots and chat with them; they know how the Lord operates and what’s right, but these other folks just broke free and ditched the rules.

6So a lion from the forest is gonna take them out, and a wolf at night will mess them up; a leopard is gonna chill and watch their cities: anyone who steps out is gonna get wrecked, 'cause they’ve messed up big time and turned away.

7How can I let this slide? Your kids have ditched me and sworn by fake gods: I fed them well, and they went and cheated, rolling deep in the houses of the side chicks.

8They were like well-fed horses in the morning, all neighing after their neighbor’s wife.

9Shouldn’t I check them for this? says the Lord: and shouldn’t my soul get revenge on a nation like this?

10Climb up on her walls and wreck it, but don’t go all out: tear down her defenses; they’re not even the Lord’s.

11The squads of Israel and Judah are totally sus with me, says the Lord.

12They’re like, “Nah, it’s not God; no evil’s coming for us, no cap.”

13The prophets are just blowing hot air, and the truth ain't in them: that’s how it’s gonna be.

14So the Lord God of hosts is saying, "Since you’re talking like that, I’m about to make my words fire in your mouth, and this crew’s gonna be like wood, getting burned up."

15Yo, I’m bringing a nation from way far away on you, house of Israel, says the Lord: it’s a savage nation, ancient and all, speaking a language you don’t even get.

16Their quiver’s like an open grave, and they’re all straight-up warriors.

17They’re gonna munch on your harvest and your bread that your kids should eat: they’ll take your flocks and herds, and they’ll wreck your cities where you thought you were safe, with the sword.

18But for real, in those days, says the Lord, I won’t wipe you out completely.

19When you’re like, “Why’s the Lord our God doing all this to us?” just know it’s because you ditched me and served other gods in your land, so you’ll end up serving strangers in a land that’s not yours.

20Spill this tea in the house of Jacob and shout it in Judah, saying,

21Yo, listen up, you foolish peeps with no clue; you got eyes but can’t see, ears but can’t hear, fr.

22You scared of me or nah? says the Lord. You not shook by my presence? I set the sand as the boundary for the sea, and it can’t cross that line, no cap; even when the waves are wild, they can’t break through.

23But this crew has a savage heart; they’ve flipped the script and bounced.

24They don’t even say in their hearts, “Let’s fear the Lord who gives us rain in season,” like, he’s got us covered for the harvest, periodt.

25Your wrongdoings have messed things up, and your sins are holding back good vibes from you.

26Among my people, there are some sus dudes; they’re out here setting traps and catching people, no joke.

27Just like a cage is packed with birds, their homes are full of lies; they’re getting rich and living large.

28They’ve gotten all fat and shiny, like, they’re out here doing worse than the wicked; they don’t care about the fatherless, yet they’re thriving, and they ignore the rights of the needy.

29Am I not gonna check for these things? says the Lord. Is my soul not gonna get back at a nation like this?

30A wild and crazy thing is happening in the land;

31The prophets be capping, and the priests flex their power; my people are totally vibing with it: so what’s the plan when it all hits the fan?

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

2And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely.

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

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

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

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

7How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

8They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

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

10Go ye up upon her walls, and destroy; but make not a full end: take away her battlements; for they are not the Lord’s.

11For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have dealt very treacherously against me, saith the Lord.

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

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

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

15Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house 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.

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

17And they 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.

18Nevertheless in those days, saith the Lord, I will not make a full end with you.

19And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land, so shall ye 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:

22Fear ye not me? saith the Lord: will ye not tremble at my presence, which have 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?

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

24Neither say they in their heart, Let us now fear the Lord our God, that giveth rain, both the former and the latter, in his season: he reserveth unto us the appointed weeks of the harvest.

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

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

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

28They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge.

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

30A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?