Jeremiah

Jeremiah 5:3

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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EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
O LORDיְהֹוָ֗הYah·wehNoun - proper - masculine singularH3068 Yahweh
do notהֲל֣וֹאhă·lō·wAdverb - Negative particleH3808 not
Your eyesעֵינֶיךָ֮‘ê·ne·ḵāNoun - cdc; second person masculine singularH5869 eye
for truthלֶאֱמוּנָה֒le·’ĕ·mū·nāhPreposition-l; Noun - feminine singularH530 firmness, steadfastness, fidelity
You struck themהִכִּ֤יתָהhik·kî·ṯāhVerb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singularH5221 smite
but they felt noוְֽלֹא־wə·lō-Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particleH3808 not
painחָ֔לוּḥā·lūVerb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralH2342 whirl, dance, writhe
You finished them offכִּלִּיתָ֕םkil·lî·ṯāmVerb - Piel - Perfect - second person masculine singular; third person masculine pluralH3615 be complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent
but they refusedמֵאֲנ֖וּmê·’ă·nūVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralH3985 refuse
to acceptקַ֣חַתqa·ḥaṯVerb - Qal - Infinitive constructH3947 take
disciplineמוּסָ֑רmū·sārNoun - masculine singularH4148 discipline
They have made their facesפְנֵיהֶם֙p̄ə·nê·hemNoun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine pluralH6440 face, before
harderחִזְּק֤וּḥiz·zə·qūVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralH2388 be or grow firm, strong, strengthen
than stoneמִסֶּ֔לַעmis·se·la‘Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singularH5553 crag, cliff
and refusedמֵאֲנ֖וּmê·’ă·nūVerb - Piel - Perfect - third person common pluralH3985 refuse
to repentלָשֽׁוּב׃lā·šūḇPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH7725 turn back, return

Cross-references

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

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.