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Chapter 5[a]

Evil Everywhere

Roam through the streets of Jerusalem,
    look around and take careful note;
    search through the public squares.
If you can find even one person
    who acts justly and seeks the truth,
    I will pardon this city.
Even though they say, “As the Lord lives,”
    they are in fact swearing falsely.
Do your eyes not search for truth, O Lord?
    When you struck them, they felt no anguish;
    when you brought them down, they refused correction.
They have made their faces harder than stone
    and refused to repent.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 5:1 No one is as sensitive as Jeremiah to the sin that is spreading like a canker. God has been hunted from the life of his people, without hope of a return.

Not One Is Upright

“Go up and down(A) the streets of Jerusalem,
    look around and consider,(B)
    search through her squares.
If you can find but one person(C)
    who deals honestly(D) and seeks the truth,
    I will forgive(E) this city.
Although they say, ‘As surely as the Lord lives,’(F)
    still they are swearing falsely.(G)

Lord, do not your eyes(H) look for truth?
    You struck(I) them, but they felt no pain;
    you crushed them, but they refused correction.(J)
They made their faces harder than stone(K)
    and refused to repent.(L)

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