Jeremiah

Jeremiah 5:1–2

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.

²Although they say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’

they are swearing falsely.”

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Jeremiah 5:1

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Go up and down	שׁוֹטְט֞וּ	šō·wṭ·ṭū	Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H7751 go or rove about
the streets	בְּחוּצ֣וֹת	bə·ḥū·ṣō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct	H2351 the outside
of Jerusalem	יְרוּשָׁלִַ֗ם	yə·rū·šā·lim	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H3389 Jerusalem
Look	וּרְאוּ־	ū·rə·’ū-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7200 see
now	נָ֤א	nā	Interjection	H4994 I (we) pray, now
and take note	וּדְעוּ֙	ū·ḏə·‘ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H3045 know
search	וּבַקְשׁ֣וּ	ū·ḇaq·šū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural	H1245 seek
her squares	בִרְחוֹבוֹתֶ֔יהָ	ḇir·ḥō·w·ḇō·w·ṯe·hā	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person feminine singular	H7339 broad open place, plaza
If	אִם־	’im-	Conjunction	H518 if
you can find	תִּמְצְא֣וּ	tim·ṣə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural	H4672 attain to, find
a single person	אִ֔ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
who acts	עֹשֶׂ֥ה	‘ō·śeh	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H6213 do, make
justly	מִשְׁפָּ֖ט	miš·pāṭ	Noun - masculine singular	H4941 judgment
who seeks	מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ	mə·ḇaq·qêš	Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular	H1245 seek
the truth	אֱמוּנָ֑ה	’ĕ·mū·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H530 firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
then I will forgive	וְאֶסְלַ֖ח	wə·’es·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular	H5545 forgive, pardon

Jeremiah 5:2

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Although	וְאִ֥ם	wə·’im	Conjunction	H518 if
they say	יֹאמֵ֑רוּ	yō·mê·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
As surely as the LORD	יְהֹוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
lives	חַי־	ḥay-	Noun - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
they are swearing falsely	יִשָּׁבֵֽעוּ׃	yiš·šā·ḇê·‘ū	Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H7650 swear

Cross-references

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Jeremiah 5:1 Genesis 18:23–32 · 2 Chronicles 16:9 · Ezekiel 22:30 · Isaiah 59:14–15 · Isaiah 59:4 · Psalm 53:2–4 · Psalm 14:3 · Micah 7:1–2 · Proverbs 20:6 · Psalm 12:1

Jeremiah 5:2 Titus 1:16 · Jeremiah 4:2 · Leviticus 19:12 · Jeremiah 7:9 · Hosea 4:1–2 · Hosea 10:4 · Isaiah 48:1 · 2 Timothy 3:5

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.