Revised Literal Translation
Jeremiah 5:3
3O Yhwh, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Jeremiah 5:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Lord, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You struck them, but they felt no pain; you crushed them, but they refused correction. They made their faces harder than stone and refused to repent.
- English Standard Version (ESV)O Lord, do not your eyes look for truth? You have struck them down, but they felt no anguish; you have consumed them, but they refused to take correction. They have made their faces harder than rock; they have refused to repent.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O 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.
Context of Jeremiah 5:3
1Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that executeth judgment, that seeketh the truth; and I will pardon it. 2And though they say, Yhwh liveth; surely they swear falsely. O Yhwh, are not thine eyes upon the truth? thou hast stricken them, but they have not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return. 4Therefore I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish: for they know not the way of Yhwh, nor the judgment of their God. 5I will get me unto the great men, and will speak unto them; for they have known the way of Yhwh, and the judgment of their God: but these have altogether broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
Read all of Jeremiah 5Jeremiah 5:3 word by word
יְהֹוָ֗ה עֵינֶיךָ֮ הֲל֣וֹא לֶאֱמוּנָה֒ הִכִּ֤יתָה אֹתָם֙ וְֽלֹא־חָ֔לוּ כִּלִּיתָ֕ם מֵאֲנ֖וּ קַ֣חַת מוּסָ֑ר חִזְּק֤וּ פְנֵיהֶם֙ מִסֶּ֔לַע מֵאֲנ֖וּ לָשֽׁוּב׃Read the interlinear
- O Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- not thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- upon the truthאֱמוּנָה'ĕmûnâh 'ĕmûnâh · faithfulnessH530
- thou hast strickenנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
- them, but they have not grievedחוּלchûl chîyl · to twist: writh in painH2342
- thou hast consumedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
- they have refusedמָאֵןmâ'ên · to refuseH3985
- to receiveלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
- correctionמוּסָרmûsâr · disciplineH4148
- they have made their facesפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- harderחָזַקchâzaq · to strengthen: strengthenH2388
- than a rockסֶ֫לַעsela‛ · cragH5553
- to returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
Cross-references for Jeremiah 5:3
- Jeremiah 32:19Great in counsel, and mighty in work: for thine eyes are open upon all the ways of the sons of men: to give every one according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings:
- 2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of Yhwh run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to shew himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is perfect toward him. Herein thou hast done foolishly: therefore from henceforth thou shalt have wars.
- Psalms 11:4Yhwh is in his holy temple, Yhwh's throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
- Psalms 51:6Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.
- Proverbs 22:12The eyes of Yhwh preserve knowledge, and he overthroweth the words of the transgressor.
- Romans 2:2But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
- Jeremiah 2:30In vain have I smitten your children; they received no correction: your own sword hath devoured your prophets, like a destroying lion.
- Jeremiah 7:28But thou shalt say unto them, This is a nation that obeyeth not the voice of Yhwh their God, nor receiveth correction: truth is perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
- 2 Chronicles 28:22And in the time of his distress did he trespass yet more against Yhwh: this is that king Ahaz.
- Proverbs 23:35They have stricken me, shalt thou say, and I was not sick; they have beaten me, and I felt it not: when shall I awake? I will seek it yet again.
- Proverbs 27:22Though thou shouldest bray a fool in a mortar among wheat with a pestle, yet will not his foolishness depart from him.
- Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint.
- Isaiah 9:13For the people turneth not unto him that smiteth them, neither do they seek Yhwh of Armies.
- Isaiah 42:25Therefore he hath poured upon him the fury of his anger, and the strength of battle: and it hath set him on fire round about, yet he knew not; and it burned him, yet he laid it not to heart.
- Ezekiel 24:13In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.
- Zephaniah 3:1Woe to her that is filthy and polluted, to the oppressing city!
Commentaries on Jeremiah 5:3
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Upon the truth - God looks to the “faith,” the upright purpose of the heart, and without it the nominal fealty of an oath is an abomination.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Even when war brought disaster, the people ignored God and refused to turn away from their sins (Isaiah 9:13).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. eyes upon the truth--(De 32:4; 2Ch 16:9). "Truth" is in contrast with "swear falsely" (Jr 5:2). The false-professing Jews could expect nothing but judgments from the God of truth. stricken ... not grieved--(Jr 2:30; Is 1:5; 9:13). refused ... correction--(Jr 7:28; Zep 3:2).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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