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Jeremiah 5:3

RepentanceTruth and honesty

1 “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem. Look now and take note; search her squares. If you can find a single person, anyone who acts justly, anyone who seeks the truth, then I will forgive the city.

2 Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ they are swearing falsely.”

O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.

4 Then I said, “They are only the poor; they have played the fool, for they do not know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.

5 I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain. You finished them off, but they refused to accept discipline. They have made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
KJV
O 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.
WEB
O LORD, don’t your eyes look on truth? You have stricken them, but they were not grieved. You have consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than a rock. They have refused to return.
ASV
O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were 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.
DARBY
Jehovah, are not thine eyes upon fidelity? Thou hast smitten them, but they are not sore; thou hast consumed them, they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
BLB
O YHWH, [are] not Your eyes on the truth? You have struck them, and they have not grieved; You have finished them off; they have refused to receive discipline. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to turn back.
ÅB
Herre! Ser ikke dine øyne etter redelighet? Du slo dem, men de kjente ingen smerte; du gjorde ende på dem, de ville ikke ta imot tukt, de gjorde sitt ansikt hårdere enn stein, de ville ikke vende om.
OTB
Herre, søker ikke Dine øyne sannhet? Du slo dem, men de følte ingen smerte; Du fortærte dem, men de nektet å ta imot rettelse. De har gjort sine ansikter hardere enn stein og har nektet å vende tilbake.
B1930
Herre! Ser ikke dine øine efter redelighet? Du slo dem, men de kjente ingen smerte; du gjorde ende på dem, de vilde ikke ta imot tukt, de gjorde sitt ansikt hårdere enn sten, de vilde ikke vende om.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 7:28

    Therefore you must say to them, ‘This is the nation that would not listen to the voice of the LORD their God and would not receive correction. Truth has perished; it has disappeared from their lips.

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  • Jeremiah 2:30

    “I have struck your sons in vain; they accepted no discipline. Your own sword has devoured your prophets like a voracious lion.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 16:9

    For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”

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  • Zephaniah 3:7

    I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.

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  • Isaiah 9:13

    But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.

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  • Isaiah 42:25

    So He poured out on them His furious anger and the fierceness of battle. It enveloped them in flames, but they did not understand; it consumed them, but they did not take it to heart.

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  • Zephaniah 3:1–2

    Woe to the city of oppressors, rebellious and defiled!

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  • Ezekiel 3:7–9

    But the house of Israel will be unwilling to listen to you, since they are unwilling to listen to Me. For the whole house of Israel is hard-headed and hard-hearted.

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