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 great [in] deed, whose eyes [are] opened to all the ways of the children of humankind, to give to each one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his deeds,

For the eyes of Yahweh roam throughout all the earth to strengthen those whose heart is fully devoted to him. You have been foolish in this, for from now on you will have wars."

Yahweh [is] in his holy temple; Yahweh [is] in the heavens [on] his throne. His eyelids see; they test [the] children of humankind.

Behold, you delight [in] truth in the inward parts, and in [the] hidden [parts] you make me to know wisdom.

The eyes of Yahweh keep watch over knowledge, but he will overthrow the words of the faithless.

Now we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against those who do such things.

Thou hast stricken

"For {in vain} I have struck your children. They accepted no discipline. Your sword devoured your prophets, like a ravening lion.

"And you shall say to them, 'This [is] the nation that has not obeyed the voice of Yahweh their God, and they have not accepted discipline. The truth has perished, and it is cut off from their mouths.

And in the time of his distress, King Ahaz continued to act unfaithfully against Yahweh.

"They struck me; I was not hurt. They beat me; I did not know [it]. When I will awake, I will continue; I will seek it again."

If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.

Why do you want to be beaten again? You continue [in] rebellion. [The] whole of [the] head [is] sick, and [the] whole of [the] heart [is] faint.

And the people did not turn to the one who struck it, and they did not seek Yahweh of hosts.

So he poured [the] wrath [of] his anger upon him and [the] strength of war. And it set him afire all around, but he did not understand; and it burned him, but he did not take [it] to heart.

In your uncleanness [is] obscene conduct, because I cleansed you, but you were not clean from your uncleanness; you will not be clean again until {I fully vent my rage} on you.

Woe [to you], O rebellious and defiled one! The oppressing city!

They have made

A wicked man is strong in {his countenance}, but the upright will appoint his paths.

because {I know} that you [are] obstinate, and your neck an iron sinew, and your forehead bronze.

And the house of Israel, they are not willing to listen to you, for they [are] not willing to listen to me, for all of the house of Israel is hard of forehead, and they [are] hard of heart.

But they refused to listen, and turned a stubborn shoulder and {stopped their ears from listening}.

Or do you despise the wealth of his kindness and forbearance and patience, not knowing that the kindness of God leads you to repentance?

Furthermore, we have had {our earthly fathers} who disciplined [us], and we respected [them]. Will we not much rather subject ourselves to the Father of spirits and live?

General references

And it happened [that], the next day the firstborn said to the younger one, "Look, I laid with my father last night. Let us give him wine to drink also tonight, then go and lie with him that {we may secure descendants through our father}."

" 'And if you do not accept correction from me through these [things], but you go against me [in] hostility,

If you crush a fool in the mortar with the pestle {along with} the crushed grain, it will not drive folly from upon him.

"Son of man, say to her, 'You [are] a land not cleansed; it is not rained upon [in] [the] day of indignation.'

And other [seed] fell on the rock, and [when it] came up, it withered, because it did not have moisture.