Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, your eyes look with favor upon faith. You have struck them, and they have not grieved. You have bruised them, and they have refused to accept discipline. They have hardened their faces more than rock, and they are not willing to return.
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In The King James Version
In Context
2For even though they say, ‘As the Lord lives,’ in this, too, they swear falsely.”
Cross References
Leviticus 26:23But if you are not willing to receive discipline in this way, and you still walk as an adversary to me,
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord contemplate the entire earth, and offer fortitude to those who believe in him with a perfect heart. And so, you acted foolishly. And so, because of this, from the present time wars shall rise up against you.”
Psalms 11:4May the Lord scatter all deceitful lips, along with the tongue that speaks malice.
Psalms 51:8The just will see and be afraid, and they will laugh over him, and say:
Proverbs 21:29The impious man insolently hardens his face. But whoever is upright corrects his own way.
Proverbs 23:35And you will say: “They have beaten me, but I did not feel pain. They have dragged me, and I did not realize it. When will I awaken and find more wine?”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:2-10
The Universal Corruption to the Age. ( b. c. 608.) 1 Run 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. 2 And though they say, The Lord liveth; surely they swear falsely. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →