Jeremiah 5:3
O Lord, thy eyes are upon truth: thou hast struck them, and they have not grieved: thou hast bruised them, and they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than the rock, and they have refused to return.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
2And though they say: The Lord liveth; this also they will swear falsely.
Cross References
Leviticus 26:23And if even so you will not amend, but will walk contrary to me:
2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the Lord behold all the earth, and give strength to those who with a perfect heart trust in him. Wherefore thou hast done foolishly, and for this cause from this time wars shall arise against thee.
Psalms 11:4For the sinner is praised in the desires of his soul: and the unjust man is blessed.
Psalms 51:8For behold thou hast loved truth: the uncertain and hidden things of thy wisdom thou hast made manifest to me.
Proverbs 21:29The wicked man impudently hardeneth his face: but he that is righteous, correcteth his way.
Proverbs 23:35And thou shalt say: They have beaten me, but I was not sensible of pain: they drew me, and I felt not: when shall I awake, and find wine again?
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 →