Jeremiah 5:1-5

Jerusalem’s Godlessness

^{Tools
1}

“^(A)Roam to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
And look now and take note.
And seek in her open squares,
If you can ^(B)find a man,
^(C)If there is one who does justice, who seeks ^(a)truth,
Then I will pardon her.

^{Tools
2}

“And ^(D)although they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’
Surely they swear falsely.”

^{Tools
3}

O Lord, do not ^(E)Your eyes look for ^(b)truth?
You have ^(F)smitten them,
But they did not ^(c)weaken;
You have consumed them,
But they ^(G)refused to take correction.
They have ^(H)made their faces harder than rock;
They have refused to repent.

^{Tools
4}

Then I said, “They are only the poor,
They are foolish;
For they ^(I)do not know the way of the Lord
Or the ordinance of their God.

^{Tools
5}

“I will go to the great
And will speak to them,
For ^(J)they know the way of the Lord
And the ordinance of their God.”
But they too, with one accord, have ^(K)broken the yoke
And burst the bonds.

Footnotes:

a. Jeremiah 5:1: ['Lit ', faithfulness]

b. Jeremiah 5:3: ['Lit ', faithfulness]

c. Jeremiah 5:3: ['Or ', become sick]

Cross references:

A. Jeremiah 5:1: Daniel 12:4

B. Jeremiah 5:1: Ezekiel 22:30

C. Jeremiah 5:1: Genesis 18:26; Genesis 18:32

D. Jeremiah 5:2: Isaiah 48:1; Titus 1:16

F. Jeremiah 5:3: Isaiah 1:5; Isaiah 9:13; Jeremiah 2:30

G. Jeremiah 5:3: Jeremiah 7:28; Jeremiah 8:5; Zephaniah 3:2

H. Jeremiah 5:3: Jeremiah 7:26; Jeremiah 19:15; Ezekiel 3:8

I. Jeremiah 5:4: Isaiah 27:11; Jeremiah 8:7; Hosea 4:6

J. Jeremiah 5:5: Micah 3:1

K. Jeremiah 5:5: Exodus 32:25; Psalm 2:3; Jeremiah 2:20