Jeremiah 5
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Jeremiah 5:1-9

1Run ye to and froH7751 through the streetsH2351 of JerusalemH3389, and seeH7200 now, and knowH3045, and seekH1245 in the broad placesH7339 thereof, if ye can findH4672 a manH376, if there beH3426 any that executethH6213 judgmentH4941, that seekethH1245 the truthH530; and I will pardonH5545 it. 2And though they sayH559, YhwhH3068 livethH2416; surely they swearH7650 falselyH8267. 3O YhwhH3068, are not thine eyesH5869 upon the truthH530? thou hast strickenH5221 them, but they have not grievedH2342; thou hast consumedH3615 them, but they have refusedH3985 to receiveH3947 correctionH4148: they have made their facesH6440 harderH2388 than a rockH5553; they have refusedH3985 to returnH7725. 4Therefore I saidH559, Surely these are poorH1800; they are foolishH2973: for they knowH3045 not the wayH1870 of YhwhH3068, nor the judgmentH4941 of their GodH430. 5I will getH3212 me unto the great menH1419, and will speakH1696 unto them; for they have knownH3045 the wayH1870 of YhwhH3068, and the judgmentH4941 of their GodH430: but these have altogetherH3162 brokenH7665 the yokeH5923, and burstH5423 the bondsH4147. 6Wherefore a lionH738 out of the forestH3293 shall slayH5221 them, and a wolfH2061 of the eveningsH6160 shall spoilH7703 them, a leopardH5246 shall watchH8245 over their citiesH5892: every one that goeth outH3318 thence shallH2007 be torn in piecesH2963: because their transgressionsH6588 are manyH7231, and their backslidingsH4878 are increasedH6105.12

7HowH335 shall I pardonH5545 thee for thisH2063? thy childrenH1121 have forsakenH5800 me, and swornH7650 by them that are noH3808 godsH430: when I had fed them to the fullH7650, they then committed adulteryH5003, and assembled themselves by troopsH1413 in the harlots’H2181 housesH1004. 8They were as fedH2109 horsesH5483 in the morningH7904: every oneH376 neighedH6670 after his neighbour’sH7453 wifeH802. 9Shall I not visitH6485 for these things? saithH5002 YhwhH3068: and shall not my soulH5315 be avengedH5358 on such a nationH1471 as this?

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Notes

  1. 1. Jeremiah 5:6 evenings: or, deserts. ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 5:6 are increased: Heb. are strong. ↩

Commentaries on Jeremiah 5

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