Jeremiah

Jeremiah 5:1–3

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.”

³O LORD, do not Your eyes look for truth?

You struck them, but they felt no pain.

You finished them off,

but they refused to accept discipline.

They have made their faces harder than stone

and refused to repent.

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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

Jeremiah 5:3

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
O LORD	יְהֹוָ֗ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
do not	הֲל֣וֹא	hă·lō·w	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
Your eyes	עֵינֶיךָ֮	‘ê·ne·ḵā	Noun - cdc; second person masculine singular	H5869 eye
for truth	לֶאֱמוּנָה֒	le·’ĕ·mū·nāh	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular	H530 firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
You struck them	הִכִּ֤יתָה	hik·kî·ṯāh	Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular	H5221 smite
but they felt no	וְֽלֹא־	wə·lō-	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
pain	חָ֔לוּ	ḥā·lū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2342 whirl, dance, writhe
You finished them off	כִּלִּיתָ֕ם	kil·lî·ṯām	Verb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine plural	H3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
but they refused	מֵאֲנ֖וּ	mê·’ă·nū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H3985 refuse
to accept	קַ֣חַת	qa·ḥaṯ	Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H3947 take
discipline	מוּסָ֑ר	mū·sār	Noun - masculine singular	H4148 discipline
They have made their faces	פְנֵיהֶם֙	p̄ə·nê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6440 face, before
harder	חִזְּק֤וּ	ḥiz·zə·qū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
than stone	מִסֶּ֔לַע	mis·se·la‘	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H5553 crag, cliff
and refused	מֵאֲנ֖וּ	mê·’ă·nū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H3985 refuse
to repent	לָשֽׁוּב׃	lā·šūḇ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7725 turn back, return

Cross-references

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

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

Jeremiah 5:3 Jeremiah 2:30 · Jeremiah 7:28 · 2 Chronicles 16:9 · Zephaniah 3:7 · Isaiah 9:13 · Zephaniah 3:1–2 · Ezekiel 3:7–9 · Psalm 11:4–7 · Isaiah 42:25

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.