Jeremiah 5
As Jeremiah reviews the wickedness generally found in Judah, including idol worshipping and immorality for the Lord asks -
"How 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." (Jeremiah 5:7)
Even such that -
"They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife." (Jeremiah 5:8)
I can't help but note that Jeremiah and Lehi were contemporary. Of Laman and Lemuel, Nephi said -
"...they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem..." (1 Nephi 2:13)
Where -
"The 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?" (Jeremiah 5:31)
Thus, just lkie those in wicked Judea -
"...we know that the people who were in the land of Jerusalem were a righteous people; for they kept the statutes and judgments of the Lord, and all his commandments, according to the law of Moses; wherefore, we know that they are a righteous people..." (1 Nephi 17:22)
Obviously, very few hearkened to Jeremiah.
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