Jeremiah 5:3

O LORD, are not Thine eyes upon truth? Thou hast stricken them, but they were not affected; Thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction; they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

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 made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.

In Context

2And though they say: 'As the LORD liveth', surely they swear falsely.

4And I said: 'Surely these are poor, they are foolish, for they know not the way of the LORD, nor the ordinance of their God;

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:23And if in spite of these things ye will not be corrected unto Me, but will walk contrary unto Me;

2 Chronicles 16:9For the eyes of the LORD run to and fro throughout the whole earth, to show Himself strong in the behalf of them whose heart is whole toward Him. Herein thou hast done foolishly; for from henceforth thou shalt have wars.'

Psalms 11:4The LORD is in His holy temple, the LORD, His throne is in heaven; His eyes behold, His eyelids try, the children of men.

Psalms 51:8(51-10) Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which Thou hast crushed may rejoice.

Proverbs 21:29A wicked man hardeneth his face; but as for the upright, he looketh well to his way.

Proverbs 23:35'They have struck me, and I felt it not, they have beaten me, and I knew it not; when shall I awake? I will seek it yet 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 →

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