Jeremiah 5:3

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Summary

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.

Are not thine

Thou hast stricken

They have made

General references

Luke 8:6

Bible References

Are not thine

Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for your eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give everyone according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:

For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. In this you have done foolishly: therefore from now on you shall have wars.

The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids test, the children of men.

Behold, you desire truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part you shall make me to know wisdom.

The eyes of the LORD preserve knowledge, and he overthrows the words of the transgressor.

But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them who commit such things.

Thou hast stricken

In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

But you shall say unto them, This is a nation that obeys not the voice of the LORD their God, nor receives correction: truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against the LORD: this is that king Ahaz.

They have stricken me, you shall say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.

Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Why should you be stricken any more? you will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.

For the people turn not unto him that strikes them, neither do they seek the LORD of hosts.

Therefore he has poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it has set him on fire all around, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.

In your filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged you, and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon you.

Woe to her that is rebellious and defiled, to the oppressing city!

They have made

A wicked man hardens his face: but as for the upright, he considers his way.

Because I knew that you are obstinate, and your neck is an iron sinew, and your brow bronze;

But the house of Israel will not hearken unto you; for they will not hearken unto me: for all the house of Israel are impudent and hard-hearted.

But they refused to hearken, and shrugged the shoulder, and stopped their ears, that they should not hear.

Or despise you the riches of his goodness and forbearance and longsuffering; not knowing that the goodness of God leads you to repentance?

Furthermore we have had fathers of our flesh who corrected us, and we gave them reverence: shall we not much rather be in subjection unto the Father of spirits, and live?

General references

And it came to pass on the next day, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay last night with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and you go in, and lie with him, that we may preserve descendants of our father.

And if you will not be reformed by me by these things, but will walk contrary unto me;

Though you should crush a fool in a mortar among grain with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.

Son of man, say unto her, You are the land that is not cleansed, nor rained upon in the day of indignation.

And some fell upon a rock; and as soon as it was sprung up, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.