Jeremiah

Jeremiah 5:1–5

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.

⁴Then I said, “They are only the poor;

they have played the fool,

for they do not know the way of the LORD,

the justice of their God.

⁵I will go to the powerful

and speak to them.

Surely they know the way of the LORD,

the justice of their God.”

But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke

and torn off the chains.

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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

Jeremiah 5:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then I	וַאֲנִ֣י	wa·’ă·nî	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
said	אָמַ֔רְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
They	הֵ֑ם	hêm	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
are only	אַךְ־	’aḵ-	Adverb	H389 surely
the poor	דַּלִּ֖ים	dal·lîm	Adjective - masculine plural construct	H1800 low, weak, poor, thin
they have played the fool	נוֹאֲל֕וּ	nō·w·’ă·lū	Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person common plural	H2973 be foolish
for	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they do not	לֹ֤א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
know	יָדְעוּ֙	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
the way	דֶּ֣רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the justice	מִשְׁפַּ֖ט	miš·paṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4941 judgment
of their God	אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃	’ĕ·lō·hê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H430 God

Jeremiah 5:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I will go	אֵֽלֲכָה־	’ê·lă·ḵāh-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1980 go, come, walk
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
the powerful	הַגְּדֹלִים֙	hag·gə·ḏō·lîm	Article; Adjective - masculine plural	H1419 great
and speak	וַאֲדַבְּרָ֣ה	wa·’ă·ḏab·bə·rāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H1696 speak
to them	אוֹתָ֔ם	’ō·w·ṯām	Direct object marker; third person masculine plural	H853 mark of the accusative
Surely	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
they	הֵ֗מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
know	יָדְעוּ֙	yā·ḏə·‘ū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H3045 know
the way	דֶּ֣רֶךְ	de·reḵ	Noun - common singular construct	H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner
of the LORD	יְהוָ֔ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
the justice	מִשְׁפַּ֖ט	miš·paṭ	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4941 judgment
of their God	אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם	’ĕ·lō·hê·hem	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H430 God
But	אַ֣ךְ	’aḵ	Adverb	H389 surely
they too	הֵ֤מָּה	hêm·māh	Pronoun - third person masculine plural	H1992 they, them
with one accord	יַחְדָּו֙	yaḥ·dāw	Adverb	H3162 unitedness
had broken	שָׁ֣בְרוּ	šā·ḇə·rū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural	H7665 break, break in pieces
the yoke	עֹ֔ל	‘ōl	Noun - masculine singular	H5923 yoke
and torn off	נִתְּק֖וּ	nit·tə·qū	Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person common plural	H5423 pull, draw, tear away, apart, off
the chains	מוֹסֵרֽוֹת׃	mō·w·sê·rō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural	H4147 chastisement, halter, restraint