Jeremiah 5:1-5

1“Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem; See now and know; And seek in her open places If you can find a man, If there is anyone who executes judgment, Who seeks the truth, And I will pardon her.

2Though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ Surely they swear falsely.”

3O Lord, are not Your eyes on the truth? You have stricken them, But they have not grieved; You have consumed them, But they have refused to receive correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; They have refused to return.

4Therefore I said, “Surely these are poor. They are foolish; For they do not know the way of the Lord, The judgment of their God.

5I will go to the great men and speak to them, For they have known the way of the Lord, The judgment of their God.” But these have altogether broken the yoke And burst the bonds.