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 wisdom and mighty in work; for Your eyes are open on all the ways of the sons of men, to give every one according to his ways and according to the fruit of his doings.

For the eyes of Jehovah run to and fro in all the whole earth to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose heart is perfect toward Him. You have done foolishly in this; therefore from now on you shall have wars.

Jehovah is in His holy temple; Jehovah's throne is in Heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids examine 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 Jehovah keep knowledge, and He overthrows the words of the transgressor.

But know that the judgment of God is according to truth on those who practice such things.

Thou hast stricken

In vain I have stricken your sons; they received no correction. Your own sword has devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.

But you shall say to them, This is a nation which does not obey the voice of Jehovah their God, nor receives instruction; truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.

And in the time of his distress he trespassed even more against Jehovah, this King Ahaz.

saying, They struck me; I was not sick; they beat me, but I did not know it. When I awaken, I will add more. I will seek it again.

Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not 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 do not turn to Him who strikes them, nor do they seek Jehovah of Hosts.

So He has poured on him the fury of His anger, and the strength of battle. And it has set him on fire all around, yet he did not know; and it burned him, yet he did not lay it to heart.

In your defilement is wickedness. Because I have purged you and you were not purged, you shall not be purged from your defilement any more, until I have caused My fury to cease on you.

Woe to her rebelling and becoming defiled, to the oppressing city!

They have made

A wicked man hardens his face, but the upright establishes 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 listen to you, for they will not listen to Me; for all the house of Israel are strong of forehead and hard of heart.

But they refused to listen, and gave a stubborn shoulder, and made heavy their ears from hearing.

Or do you despise the riches of His kindness, and the forbearance and long-suffering, not knowing that the kindness 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 to the Father of spirits and live?

General references

And it happened on the next day, the first-born said to 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 down with him so that we may preserve seed of our father.

And if you will not be reformed by Me by these things, but will still walk contrary to Me,

Though you should pound a fool in a bowl with a bar in the midst of wheat, his foolishness will not depart from him.

Son of man, say to her: You are a land not being cleansed, nor rained on in the day of disgust.

And other fell on a rock, and sprouting, it withered away, because it lacked moisture.