Jeremiah 5:1
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 doeth justly, that seeketh truth; and I will pardon her.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
2And though they say: 'As the LORD liveth', surely they swear falsely.
Cross References
Genesis 18:23And Abraham drew near, and said: 'Wilt Thou indeed sweep away the righteous with the wicked?
1 Kings 19:10And he said: 'I have been very jealous for the LORD, the God of hosts; for the children of Israel have forsaken Thy covenant, thrown down Thine altars, and slain Thy prophets with the sword; and I, even I only, am left; and they seek my life, to take it away.'
Psalms 12:1(12-1) For the Leader; on the Sheminith. A Psalm of David. (12-2) Help, LORD; for the godly man ceaseth; for the faithful fail from among the children of men.
Psalms 14:3They are all corrupt, they are together become impure; there is none that doeth good, no, not one.
Psalms 94:16Who will rise up for me against the evil-doers? Who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
Proverbs 8:3Beside the gates, at the entry of the city, at the coming in at the doors, she crieth aloud:
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 5:1
Reproof for sin and threatenings of judgment are intermixed in this chapter, and are set the one over against the other: judgments are threatened, that the reproofs of sin might be the more effectual to bring them to repentance; sin is discovered, that God might be justified in the judgments threatened. I. The sins they are charged with are very great:—Injustice ( ver. 1 ), hypocrisy in religion ( ver. 2 ), incorrigibleness ( ver. 3 ), the corruption and debauchery of both poor and rich ( ver. 7, 8 ), treacherous… Read the whole commentary →